Abstract: An L-shaped bulb socket comprising an L-shaped socket consisting of a bulb receiving portion and a connector receiving portion and a pair of L-shaped terminal members which are inserted into the socket body through the terminal inserting holes formed in the bulb receiving section and the connector receiving portion of the socket body.

Abstract: A coaxial contact for termination to printed circuit boards and the like includes an assembly featuring a dielectric insulator disposed within an outer contact. An outer tail is disposed within the outer contact and an inner tail is disposed within the insulator. The outer contact is staked to retain the outer tail within said contact, and to compress the insulator between the inner tail and the outer contact to retain the inner tail and the insulator within the assembly and to prevent leakage. Alternatively, adhesive joints may be used to retain the insulator within the outer assembly and the inner tail within the insulator.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed herein tapping into a power line at a selected location along its length which includes a pair of molded plastic pieces adapted to be snap-locked together in the shape of a "T". A pair of pronged metal conductors are embedded in the plastic pieces so that one portion extends into a central bore intended to receive the power line while another or second portion extends into a socket bore transverse to the central bore intended to insertably receive the prongs of a utility plug.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector a body of which has, on one surface, a receptacle including first and second terminal members for electric connection thereto of an end plug of a coaxial cable and, on other surfaces, means for mounting the connector, in common, to a generally used mounting frame for house wiring modules, to be contributive to simplification of house wiring works and prevention of any deterioration of the electric connection.

Abstract: A high frequency coaxial connector having a bayonet-tight insertion arrangement for use in a high frequency coaxial circuit, is constructed with an outer installation and an inner installation. The outer installation comprises an external locking sleeve, an internal contact sleeve, a cylindrical insulation body tightly inserted in a contact portion of the internal contact sleeve, an outer insulation sleeve, and a coil spring, one end of which is directly brought into contact with the rear edge of a stopper portion of the internal contact sleeve, and the other end of which is directly brought into contact with the rear edge inner wall of the outer insulation sleeve. The inner installation comprises of a unitarily constructed central contact pin, an insulation plate having a front surface directly brought into contact with a rear edge of the contact pin, and an inside sleeve receiving the insulating plate and the insulating body of the coaxial cable.

Abstract: Hermaphroditic electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing having terminals therein with resilient contact tongues and shunt means fixed to a dielectric carrier which moves relative to housing in response to mating with a like connector as tongues engage respective like tongues. The shunt means engage portions of the terminals remote from the contact tongues to electrically connect alternate terminals when the connector is in an unmated conditon, the shunt means being in unmated relation with the terminals when the connector is mated.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) for establishing an electrical connection between an outer conductive sheath (22, 22) of a cable (12a, 12b) to the connector (10) comprises an insulative fitting assembly (16, 17) having a first conductive member (42, 42) mounted thereto, an insulative connector housing assembly (14) having a second conductive member (19) mounted thereto. A cable (12a, 12b) having a portion of its conductive sheath (22, 22) exposed is extended through aligned passageways (43, 76, 43, 77) in the fitting (16, 17) and housing assembly (14). The first and second conductive members (42, 42, 19) include first and second, substantially radially extending, sheath-engaging surfaces (53, 53, 93, 94,) respectively, which clamp an exposed fanned-out portion of the conductive sheath (22, 22) therebetween when the fitting assembly (16, 17) is attached to the housing assembly (14).

Abstract: An improved child-safe outlet cover including a main plate defining receptacle opening(s), a shield on the main plate for each opening having first and second portions, such shield movable between use and non-use positions in which the first and second portions, respectively, cover the receptacle openings, the first portion having prong openings aligned with the receptacle slots in the use position, and means biasing the shield to the non-use position. Preferred embodiments include locking pins and a number of structural variations providing important advantages.

Abstract: A female coaxial connector having a substantially cylindrical conductive shell with an opening for receiving the columnar connecting portion of a male coaxial connector, which comprises a female contacting portion provided within the opening and having at least one pair of contact fingers extending in the circumferential direction so as to give elasticity and defining a clearance communicating with the opening, and a protective member provided in contact with or in the proximity of the outside of the female contacting portion for the protection thereof. A method of making a female coaxial connector, which comprises the steps of stamping conductive shells and protective members in integral form, folding the integral conductive shell and protective member at a bend to form a double structure, and making the double structured conductive shell and protective member into cylindrical form, followed by the insertion of an assembly of a dielectric body and a female terminal into the conductive shell.

Abstract: A moveable contact plunger assembly for interconnection of electrical wires between adjacent railway cars. The assembly has a plunger with a shoulder which fits in abutment with a mating shoulder in an aperture of a dielectric connector block. A follower element is arranged for electrical contact with the plunger. A spring is arranged to allow axial deflection of the plunger relative to the follower element and of the follower element relative to the dielectric block shoulder. Electrical continuity between the plunger and the follower element is obtained by means of a wire which is crimped to the follower and to the plunger. A guide pin mounted on the follower element and a guide slot on a spring barrel portion of the plunger coact with the spring so as to allow axial travel of the follower and of the plunger as well as a rotating motion of the plunger during its axial travel.

Abstract: A phase-adjustable coaxial cable connector is provided which adjusts the length of the phase path of the system without changing the length of the connector. The electrical path length is adjusted by relative rotation of electrical conductors in the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (1, 1', 100) having a conductive exterior shell (16, 16', 116) and a conductive intermediate shell (41, 41, 141) frictionally engaged by corresponding conductive contacts (49, 49, 149, 149) of the same construction in the form of strip form clips having electrical terminals (52, 52, 152, 152) projecting outwardly of an insulative body (2, 102) that positions the shells (16, 16', 41, 116, 141) with respect to the openings (14, 114) into which the contacts (49, 49, 149, 149) are inserted for latched engagement with the body (2, 102) and for electrical connection with the corresponding shells (16, 16', 41, 116, 141).

Abstract: A connector apparatus for introducing video signals of an alternative video signal source to antenna terminals in the form of a pair of screw rods that are spaced apart from each other and provided on the back surface of a television receiver.The connector apparatus is provided with a housing, means for receiving the end of a coaxial cable extending from the alternative video signal source to introduce the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the coaxial into the housing, a pair of lead members comprising electric conductors and having free ends extending outwardly from the housing, and means for connecting one end of each of the lead members to the inner conductor and the outer conductor of the coaxial cable.

Abstract: Modular apparatus for connecting the output terminals of one article of video equipment to the input terminals of a second article of video equipment, comprising first and second modular adapters and at least one modular connector cable. Each modular adapter comprises an insulated housing comprising a modular jack portion and either a coaxial connector portion or a twin-lead cable portion. A standard, six-position modular telephone jack is positioned in the modular jack portion. A male coaxial connector is positioned in the coaxial connector portion, while a 300 ohm twin-lead cable is positioned in the twin-lead cable portion. In one embodiment, the conductors of the modular jack are electrically connected to the solid central conductor and the conductive wire sheath of the coaxial connector, or to the wires of the twin-lead cable.

Abstract: A tension clamp adapted for mounting electrical and communications cables is provided. A flexible elongated C-shaped bail member is connected to a first clamp body portion on one end and a second clamp body portion on the other end. The clamp portions are plate-like and have opposing faces defining a cable recess therebetween. Bolts connecting the first and second body portions may be laterally translated out of grooves in one of the body portions to permit relative lateral translation of the body portions, without disconnecting the bail from the body portion, and enabling side mounting of a cable therewithin.

Abstract: Insertion and extraction of a circuit board (40) into and from a car guide (10) is aided by a lever-like, rigid, elongated member (66) hingedly attached at one hinged end (62) thereof to one side (22) of the card guide (10). The other nonhinged end (64) of the member (66) is manipulatable so that the member (66) may be moved between an open and a closed position. A bump (70) on the member (66) contacts the trailing edge (44) of the circuit board during insertion as the member (66) is moved to its closed position. In the closed position, the member (66) extends from one hinge side (22) of the card guide (10) to the other nonhinge side (12) thereof. A locking device (94) on the nonhinge side (12) of the card guide (10) releasably engages the nonhinge end (64) of the member (66) in the closed position.

Abstract: A modular telephone connector splitter/adapter is disclosed. A housing supports a plurality of modular connectors in input and output configurations to permit formation of a modular telephone splitter in which an input can be divided into multiple outputs. The input can also be a conventional telecommunications cable wherein the housing serves as a cable splitter.

Abstract: A grounding mechanism for an electrical connector having a metal generally U-shaped spring contact mounted on a cylindrical rubber or neoprene connector body which is connected directly to the internal ground contact within the connector body. Resilient tips on the body act to bias the free ends of the spring contact outwardly. The free ends of the spring contact stay in contact with a rotatable collar mounted over the body due to the compressed nature of the pre-formed metal spring contact, as well as the radially outward force of the resilient connector body tips acting on the free ends of the spring contact.

Abstract: A connector for high current use includes a plug half and a receptacle half. The plug half includes a sleeve which receives a blade holder and a contact holder. The sleeve is provided with notches having predetermined angular positions and widths. The blade and contact holders also include notches which are mated with those of the sleeve. A plurality of sleeves having a variety of notch widths and positions can be provided to define a selection of connectors for various electrical circumstances. Blade and contact holders with a variety of sets of key positions and widths are provided to match the sleeves and to have the necessary electrical characteristics.

Abstract: A telephone jack assembly having a modular unitary housing, and jack field comprising a plurality of jack assemblies. Each jack assembly includes a plurality of jack contacts for engaging and receiving a telephone plug in a plurality of positions, wherein the jack contacts are retained by a unitary housing formed to maintain the jack contacts in physical alignment for electrical contact to the plugs when fully seated. The unitary housing includes recesses therein to accurately retain the jack contacts in precise height, width and depth positions relative to the plugs inserted therein, replacing the numerous elements and spacers heretofore used in a telephone jack assembly. The individual jack assemblies are then connected to external wiring connecting blocks by flexible printed circuits having constant impedance path pairs, which replace the individually hand-wired twisted-pair construction previously used.