Abstract: A rectifier housing including a plug end and a receptacle end for interconnecting a line cord from a single incandescent light bulb as well as from a plurality of incandescent light bulbs with an electric wall outlet or with the receptacle end of an extension cord. A rectifier element in the form of a diode is positioned within the housing and is in electrical contact with one of the blades of the plug and one of the blade-receiving slots of the receptacle to provide rectified power to a single filament electric lamp, a multiple filament electric lamp, or a plurality of single filament electric lamps. The housing can be provided with a plurality of receptacles, one or more of which can be connected through a rectifier to provide rectified power from respective ones of the receptacles.

Abstract: An apparatus for electrically connecting two audio components for transferring an audio signal between the components in which first and second connector blocks have first terminals for respectively connecting to the conventional terminals of the audio components. Each connector block has a plurality of additional terminals electrically connected to the first terminal. A plurality of electrical conductors, having different electrical current transfer characteristics, are connected between two corresponding additional terminals of the connector blocks to complete the connection.

Abstract: A jack module with a lamp assembly that is interconnected at the top front of a printed circuit board and has a bottom guide channel for slidably receiving a tri-jack. The printed circuit board has top and bottom forwardly extending necks which define a notch therebetween. The lamp assembly has a lamp housing with a hollow trunk and tow legs that provide upwardly and downwardly facing channels that slide onto the bottom and top edges of the top neck. The housing, which has a longitudinal bore holding a lamp, encases conductive strips which engage the lamp. The housing is locked to the neck by a retainer that has a boss that snaps into an aperture in the housing. A guide housing is similarly connected to the bottom neck. The lamp housing and bottom guide housing have facing guide channels which respectively receive top and bottom guide rails of the tri-jack in slidable engagement back to a printed circuit board connector in the notch.

Abstract: A triaxial contact assembly for use with a ground plane electrical connector includes an outer conductor which is grounded to the ground plane of the connector. The intermediate and inner contacts of the triaxial contact assembly have printed circuit board tails on their ends. The arrangement is such that bonding of the insulators to the contacts is eliminated via a cap which holds all internal contact assembly components in place. The cap, in turn, is held in place by crimping the outer contact.

Abstract: In a connector in which a plurality of wire connector terminals are inserted into a connector housing, a first marking is formed at the same position of the wire. Therefore, when a connector terminal is not prefectly inserted into the connector housing, the first marking on the imperfectly inserted terminal is misaligned from the other markings arranged on a parallel line. Further, a second marking is formed on the wire in such a way that the marking distance from the connector terminal increases in incremental steps from one extreme end wire to the other extreme end wire. Therefore, when two connector terminals are not correctly inserted into the connector housing, the second markings on the incorrectly inserted terminals are misaligned from the other markings arranged on an inclined line, thus allowing simple visual inspection of imperfect and incorrect insertions of connector terminals into the connector housing.

Abstract: A zero insertion force electrical contact assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a bifurcate contact and a trifurcate contact. The bifurcate contact includes a pair of parallel contact beams cantilevered from a base. The contact beams include cam surfaces adjacent outwardly disposed portions remote from the base. The contact beams further include contact surfaces facing one another. The trifurcate contact includes a base, a central contact post extending from the base and a pair of cam arms extending from the base and on opposite sides of the contact post. Inwardly facing portions of the cam arms include converging cam surfaces. The cam arms and the contact posts are dimensioned to enable the contact arms to be disposed between the cam arms and around the contact post with little or no contact forces. Upon sufficient insertion, however, the respective camming surfaces will cause the cantilevered contact beams to be urged toward one another and into electrical contact with the contact post.

Abstract: An edge connector for connecting a conductor run on an edge region of a first circuit board to a conductor run of a second circuit board comprises a plate of dielectric material. The plate has a generally U-shaped portion, with the two limbs of the U defining a slot therebetween. The plate of dielectric material may be attached to the second circuit board in a position such that an edge region of the first circuit board may be received in the slot. A signal conductor is adhered to one main face of the plate of dielectric material and has two end portions. One end portion of the signal conductor projects from one of the limbs of the U into the slot for engaging a conductor run on the edge region of the first board, and the other end portion projects from the plate at a location remote from the slot for contacting a conductor run of the second board.

Abstract: A multi-pin plug and socket electrical connector in which adjacent pins are sealed from each other at the interface by an elastomeric sheet. The sheet extends over the entire interface with each pin extending through a hole in the sheet. Each hole is surrounded by a O-ring integral with the sheet. The sheet may extend within each O-ring to make contact with the pin. The pins are sealed at their opposite, i.e. wire ends by individual elastomeric seals in the pin bores.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed for making electrical connection between a wire and a cable in which the conductor of the cable is offfset from the center axis of the cable. The connector comprises a contact having a pointed spike on its front face which is offset from the center axis of the contact the same distance as the offset of the conductor of the cable so that the contact can be oriented with its axis concentric with the center axis of the cable, and the spike aligned with the conductor of the cable. The connector also includes a housing which is rotatable with respect to the contact, and has self-threading screw threads on its inner wall which threadedly engage the jacket of the cable to secure the contact against the end of the cable with the spike engaging the cable conductor. The screw threads provide a sealing enagement between the connector housing and the cable jacket.

Abstract: The cartridge disclosed is provided with an extractor means which is instrumental in the removal of the cartridge from the machine, by providing a smooth camming action to move the cartridge away from the machine circuit board. The extractor allows the cartridge to protrude only a small amount outside the machine housing and still be removed such that the cartridge is not rocked or moved to and fro relative to the machine circuit board.

Abstract: The invention relates to a remote electrical connector which is particularly adapted for use in hostile environments, such as nuclear reactor plants. The connector comprises a static assembly and a removable assembly which can be connected and disconnected by means of a remotely-operated hook. One of the assemblies is provided with a guide rail at the bottom thereof which extends forwardly from the assembly, while the other assembly has a glide at the bottom thereof for sliding on the rail during connection or disconnection of the assemblies. The static assembly includes a male receptacle mounted thereon and a first cylindrical section which surrounds the receptacle. The removable assembly has a female socket mounted thereon with a second cylindrical section surrounding the female socket. The second cylindrical section is proportioned to fit within the first cylindrical section and is provided with a particular sealing ring for sealing and aligning with the first cylindrical section.

Abstract: A card cage includes upper and lower support members which define a slot for receiving a printed circuit board. An engagement mechanism includes one or more handles pivotally mounted on the front of the card cage. Each handle, in turn, is pivotally attached to a rod which extends to the rear of the card cage and terminates in an extraction member which receives the rear corner of a cirucit board. When the circuit board is mounted in the card cage, the handle is pivoted to contact the forward edge of the board and urge it into position in the cage, thereby urging contacts along the rear edge of the board into engagement with a connector at the rear of the card cage. When the board is to be removed from the card cage, the handle is pivoted in the opposite direction, enabling the extraction member at the rear to pull the board forwardly out of engagement with the connector and permitting the board to then be removed from the card cage.

Abstract: A header apparatus for a flat IC pack having at least one conductive terminal includes a header housing which includes an IC pack chamber, an opening communicating with the IC pack chamber, the IC pack being inserted into and extracted from the opening, and a pair of actuation means, each of which includes drive member having a first surface formed inside the IC pack chamber of the header housing and a first rack, operation member which includes a second rack positioned to face the first rack of the drive means and an operation portion formed outside the IC pack chamber, and a pinion engaged with the first and second racks, wherein the first surface of the drive member is moved in an insertion direction of the IC pack by inserting the IC pack into the IC pack chamber, and pushes the IC pack inserted into the IC pack chamber in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the IC pack by moving the operation portion of the operation means in the insertion direction of the IC pack.

Abstract: A key member (50) for an electrical connector (10,100) is removably securable in the housing (12,110) thereof without fasteners and has a rearward retention section (56) comprised of preferably four radially inwardly deflectable quadrants (70) which ride over retention projections (42,130) within connector passageways (28,114). The retention projections (42,130) seat in a recess (82,86) of the key member retention section (56) to secure the key member (50) in the passageway (28,114) against axial movement or misalignment while another polygonal shaped passageway section (36,122) secures a polygonal shaped section (52) of the key member (50) against rotation. The retention projections (42,130) are preferably annular or semiannular to seat in an annular recess (82,86).

Abstract: A molded electrical lamp socket includes threaded, insulating portions on the inner wall of the socket to engage the lamp. The side electrode providing electrical contact for the lamp is desirably set deeply within the socket, to reduce the danger of accidental finger contact with an electrically conducting lamp. Where the side electrode is of the edge-on type, the insulating threads center the lamp in the socket and reduce the incidence of shaving and jamming of the lamp.

Abstract: A biasing device for card edge connectors. More particularly, the biasing device is formed from suitable materials and includes as an integral part thereof a spring member which biases the device in the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a battery terminal post which is utilized to establish a positive electrical connection between the post and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor is fixedly mounted within the housing of the electrical connector. The housing is constructed of a stretchable material such as a rubber composition. The housing includes an enlarged opening to accommodate the terminal post. The housing is stretched over the terminal post with the inherent resiliency of the housing maintaining a tight electrical connection between the post and the conductor.

Abstract: A rotatable electrical connector for use with telephone cords comprises first and second connector members which are connected together for rotation with respect to each other about an axis of rotation. A plurality of concentric electrically conductive contact rings are provided on one of the connector members about the axis of rotation in radially spaced relationship so as to face the other connector member. The other connector member has a plurality of sliding electrical contacts in electrical contact with respective ones of the plurality of concentric electrically conductive rings on the one connector members so as to remain in electrical contact with relative rotation of the connector members. The plurality of concentric conductive contact rings are located in a single plane which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation so that the connector is compact axially.

Abstract: An assembly (1) of a coaxial electrical connector (2) and an electrical cable (3), wherein the cable (3) includes a drain conductor (18) and two coaxial cables (3a, 3a) within a common jacket (16), and conductive sheaths (14,14) of both coaxial cables are connected to a conductive shell (5) of the connector (2), and two signal transmitting conductors (12,12) of the two cables are connected to a center contact (10) of the connector (2) that is ordinarily suited for connection to a single coaxial cable.

Abstract: A pull-out frame has drivers which are movably guided in a straight line at side walls, with a working surface which interacts with a working surface of a lifting lever which likewise is supported tiltably at the side walls. Interacting hook-like end parts of the driver and the lifting lever block, in the rest condition, tilting of the lifting lever. If required, end faces of the end parts of the driver and of the lifting lever meet each other in order to exert an additional restoring force on the lifting lever.