Abstract: In a pressure-contact connector in which terminal reception chambers receiving pressure-contact terminals are defined by partitions and provided side by side in a housing, notch portions cut out more deeply than an upper end of a wire pressed are formed in side plates of a pressure-contact portion of each pressure-contact terminal, the side plates being opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire. Hollow portions are formed in the respective partitions so as to coincide with the notch portions when the pressure-contact terminals are mounted in the terminal reception chambers. A cover having a side surface opened as an insertion hole is provided so that the cover can be removably fitted to the housing horizontally.

Abstract: Various electrical connectors include conductor elements extending through a support body in parallel insulated relation to one another and to adjacent grounds of very low inductance and resistance. The relationship of the conductor elements to the planar grounds is such as to obtain a characteristic impedance which is the same for all signal paths and which is uniform along the length of each conductor element.

Abstract: A jack and plug assembly wherein the jack has downwardly extending inner and outer coaxial connectors, and is designed to receive a coaxial cable at a right angle to the axis of the jack, with the inner connector of a coaxial cable attached to the inner conductor. The inner connector of the jack comprises a downwardly extending hollow cylindrical spring metal conductor, with the upper portion of the conductor having a surface hole of a size slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner conductor of the coaxial cable to be connected thereto. A lower portion of the hollow cylinder below the hole is removed and the surface of the hollow cylinder between the top and the lower portion is slotted to permit forcible expansion of the upper portion so that the hole is enlarged sufficiently to receive the larger inner conductor of the coaxial cable.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided to allow a conventional tube grooving tool to be used to create a vent hole in a tube behind the tube sheet of a boiler or other tubular heat exchanger without cutting a hole or grove in the entire circumference of the tube. The apparatus includes an eccentric or a canted guide that is positioned within the end of the tube to guide the tool holder having a grove cutting tool mounted on it. The guide offsets the tool holder and the cutting tool from the centerline of the tube so that the cutting tool only cuts into a portion of the inside surface of the tube.

Abstract: A connection terminal is retained by a retaining lance which is a primary retaining member formed in a terminal receiving chamber. In addition, in a terminal insertion port at the rear end of the terminal receiving chamber, a rear holder having retaining projections provided on the side walls and a U-shaped wire holding portion is provided as a secondary retaining member. Retaining holes engageable with the retaining projections are provided on side walls of the terminal receiving chamber. A displacement preventing member having a width which is substantially equal to a width of a U-shaped opening of the wire holding portion is extended rearward at the rear end of an upper circumferential wall of the terminal receiving chamber. This displacement preventing member is inserted into the wire holding portion under the condition where the rear holder is locked.

Abstract: A watthour meter socket adapter includes a plurality of rigid electrical conductors non-attachedly disposed in a housing. An electrical contact is mounted on a first end of each electrical conductor and is positioned within the housing for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter therein. A second end of each electrical conductor extends externally of the housing for insertion into terminals mounted in a watthour meter socket. An insulating sleeve mounted in the housing surrounds the portion of the electrical conductors extending externally of the housing, with the second ends of the electrical conductors extending outward from the sleeve. An electrically insulating plate is mounted within the housing spaced from a base of the housing. Apertures formed in the insulating plate receive individual electrical contacts on the conductors for positioning the electrical contacts and the electrical conductors within the housing to receive a blade terminal of a watthour meter.

Abstract: A power strip supporting a plurality of power outlets for distributing power within an electronic cabinet or to an electronic rack has two identical housing pieces each having a right angle corner between a bulbous end and a groove end all of which extending the entire length of the housing, such that, when the bulbous ends are slidably inserted into the groove ends, the two pieces form a substantially square cross section of improve strength of construction having two tightly fitted mated corners and the two right angle corners all four of which are formed with a flange also extending the length of the power strip then adapted to received one or more clips which may be clipped onto the power strip on any one side and anywhere along the length of the power strip so that the power strip can be fastened by a hole in the clips to a cabinet or rack in a variety positions to face the power outlets in a variety of desired directions for ease of routing power wires which may be further routed through wiring routers

Abstract: A female terminal fitting for a connector comprises: a cylindrical insertion portion whose front and is opened; and a resilient contact piece is disposed within the cylindrical insertion portion. The resilient contact piece includes: a first fold being formed by extending an extending end portion from a wall portion of the cylindrical insertion portion and folding the extending end portion back into a hollow of the cylindrical insertion portion, the first fold being given resiliency; a second fold being formed by further folding the extending end portion inward, the second fold being given resiliency; and a stopper for regulating an amount of flexion of the resilient contact piece, the stopper being formed by bending the extending end portion of the second fold so as to confront a back surface between the first fold and the second fold. A male terminal fitting is retained in pressure contact with the resilient contact piece by inserting the male terminal fitting into the cylindrical insertion portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a housing having a body with a cavity therein for receiving an electrical contact further including a secondary latch having a first position thereupon adjacent the cavity and a second position where the latch extends into the cavity to assure retention of the contact. The electrical connector characterized in that the secondary latch includes first bearing surfaces in contact with the body when the latch is in the first position and second bearing surfaces, laterally offset from the first bearing surfaces that contact the body when the latch is in the second position, where the latch offsets laterally between bearing surfaces in response to further insertion of the latch upon the body.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is comprised of a housing member having a slidable cover, together which is interconnectable to a header member. The header includes camming grooves positioned on inside surfaces of upstanding walls whereas the connector assembly includes locking lugs positioned on outside surfaces of the cover member. The cover member is transversely slidable relative to the housing such that moving the cover transversely can bring the connector assembly into full electrical engagement with the header assembly.

Abstract: An electrical socket for mating with a pin contact is provided which has an expansion ring adjacent to the opening into the electrical socket so that when the pin contact is brought into mating relation with the socket, an electrical connection is made between the pin contact and the expansion ring to prevent deleterious arcing to a thin conductive contact element in the socket.

Abstract: A terminal block for interconnecting conductors in telecommunications circuits is disclosed. The terminal block allows a plurality of telecommunication wires to be progressively connected to a connector member. The terminal block includes a conductor transporting driver module having passageways that customer wires and service wires are inserted into and a connector chamber housing two insulation displacing connector members for the tip and ring lines. Wires are connected to the connector member progressively through a cyclical motion of the driver module relative to the connector members along a path of travel having an angle relative to a mounting surface which facilitates easy access to both wires and a threaded fastener actuating the driver module even in the most demanding telecommunications housing environments.

Abstract: A connector fastening mechanism is a mechanism which fastens a male connector to a female connector fittable with the male connector by means of a bolt. In the connector fastening mechanism, two or more projection portions are provided on the outer surface of a housing extending in the longitudinal direction of the male connector, engaging projection portions are provided in the two longitudinal end portions of the male connector, and securing portions corresponding to the projection portions and elastic arm portions elastically contactable with the engaging projection portions for pressing against the male connector in a direction to part it away from the female connector are provided in a U-shaped housing of the female connector.

Abstract: A safely operable bulb socket structure is provided wherein a positive conductor plate is securely retained in a support assembly within the socket. The positive conductor plate is configured and retained within the socket in such manner that it forms a secure, resiliently biased contact with an electric conduction terminal of a bulb received in the socket. The resulting structure insures safe yet efficient illumination of the bulb.

Abstract: A watthour meter socket adapter includes a plurality of rigid electrical conductors non-attachedly disposed in a housing. An electrical contact is mounted on a first end of each electrical conductor and is positioned within the housing for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter therein. A second end of each electrical conductor extends externally of the housing for insertion into terminals mounted in a watthour meter socket. An insulating sleeve mounted in the housing surrounds the portion of the electrical conductors extending externally of the housing, with the second ends of the electrical conductors extending outward from the sleeve. An electrically insulating plate is mounted within the housing spaced from a base of the housing. Apertures formed in the insulating plate receive individual electrical contacts on the conductors for positioning the electrical contacts and the electrical conductors within the housing to receive a blade terminal of a watthour meter.

Abstract: A stamped metal female blade receptacle is three sided, having a longitudinal opening. There is a flat side and curved side. The metal is resilient so that the curved side releases from the plastic when molded into a plug. In a plug, the receptacle is supported against unwanted flexure and biased against a received blade, providing full surface contact on one side of the receptacle. The sides of the receptacle do not fatigue in use. The receptacle is economical of metal and adapted for automated crimping. The structure of the receptacle enables one size receptacle to serve blades of various widths and thicknesses.The receptacles can be provided, integral on a stamping strip and alternately folded over, to be parallel to each other for machine crimping.

Abstract: A connector 60 for disk-shaped batteries 40 including a housing 62 with a battery receiving cavity 74, opposed endwalls 66 having spring arms 68 that extend outwardly from the cavity 74 for retaining the battery 40 in the housing 62, a surface mountable positive terminal 77, and a surface mountable negative terminal 79. The positive and negative terminals 77,79, are disposed in respective terminal receiving passageways 72 of the housing with spring arm contact sections 80 opposing each other along the housing sidewalls and with surface mountable connecting sections 84 of both the terminals 77,79, extending outwardly from respective the housing sidewalls 64 at the bottoms thereof.

Abstract: The device (5) according to the invention comprises a cylindrical body (50). The outer base of the body (50) has a crown piece with correction catches (501) engaging in a second crown piece of correction catches (30) of a connector (3). The number of correction positions between the body (50) and the connector (3) is equal to the number of catches (501, 30). An elastic washer permits a partial drawings back of device (5) to permit changing the correction position. According to a first mode of embodiment, the cylindrical body is extended by a threaded shaft and screwed onto the connector (3). According to a second mode of embodiment, a key system (54, 542, 543) acts on a latch (6) sliding inside connector (3), which permits locking onto a support (4). This key system is activated by a tool of the screwdriver type. The device can be used for coupling of complementary electrical connectors, notably for aeronautic applications.

Abstract: A connector includes a male terminal housing section having an opening for receiving a female terminal housing section of a counter-connector for connection between a male terminal disposed in the male terminal housing section and a female terminal disposed in the female terminal housing section. The connector further includes an insulator cap slidably disposed in the male terminal housing section. The insulator cap has a guide hole for the male terminal and is biased by a spring toward the opening of the male terminal housing section. The insulator cap is positioned forward of a tip of the male terminal relative to the opening of the male terminal housing section so that contact of an operator's finger to the tip of the male terminal is reliably prevented when, for example, fixing the connector.

Abstract: A card is provided for insertion in a telecommunications chassis. The card includes two sets of ports each having tip and ring contacts. The normal springs of the first set are electrically connected to normal springs of the second set.