Abstract: A modular adapter (30) includes a housing (33) having a plug end portion ) and a jack end portion (35). The jack end includes two stacked jack cavities (54-54'). Each of the jack cavities has a stepped portion (75) depending from the ceiling on each side of the centerline of the cavity. The stepped portions in each cavity are spaced apart a sufficient distance to receive a locking tab (41) of a modular plug (31) which is inserted into the cavity. The plug may be a six or an eight conductor plug. A first group of contact elements (36--36) extend from retroflexed end portions in one of the jack cavities into cells formed in the plug end portion. An additional two contact elements (37--37) comprising a second group have retroflexed end portions on one side of one jack cavity and extend to center positions in the other jack cavity.

Abstract: A hermetic seal is formed of a compound which is applied with low viscosity to a form located between a center contact and a body of a coaxial connector. The compound is cured without heat or pressure by subjecting it to ultraviolet light. The viscous material completely seals the coaxial connector and when hardened forming an excellent hermetic seal. Apparatus for holding the coaxial connectors vertical to receive the compound is also disclosed.

Abstract: A first connector is used in connecting or disconnecting a high voltage circuit by engagement or disengagement of the first connector with a second connector supporting a second connector contact element. The first connector comprises an insulative housing having an axial passage including an electrically conductive surface fixedly secured within the housing, and a contact assembly disposed in the passage.

Abstract: A sealed electrical connector has a housing receiving terminated conductors therein, for mating to a corresponding connector. A camming member is latched to the rear of the housing with bores therethrough through which the conductors extend. Wire seals are disposed between the housing and the camming member around each conductor. A sequential latching provides a first or open position for the camming member which allows for insertion of the terminated conductors through bores of the camming member, through respective wire seals and into respective passageways of the housing wherein the terminals are seated. The camming member is then moved axially forward to a second or closed position which cams against the rear sections of the wire seals and urges and deforms them radially inwardly against the conductors so that a pressure-resistant seal is formed between the conductor, the wire seal, and the camming member. Several types of wire seals are usable with the sealed connector.

Abstract: A connector for distribution equipment, comprising a cylindrical outer conductor fixed to a casing, a substantially cylindrical insulator inserted in the outer conductor, an inner resilient conductive member inserted and so retained in the insulator, porjections provided radially inward on an opening formed on a portion through which an internal space of the casing and an internal space of the outer conductor communicate with each other, and flexible legs provided projectingly further rearward of a rear end surface of the insulator and having claws formed radially outward on the nose portion thereof. The insulator is inserted in the outer conductor with the flexible legs bent radially inward, and, as a result of the returning of the legs at instant when the claws of the leg come in across the projection of the opening, the insulator can be mounted and so fixed in the outer conductor through engagement of the claws and the projections.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to apparatus for maintaining good conductivity characteristics over time between a spring connector in contact with a connector housing having a plated substrate material. An insert is fitted into an appropriate space in the cast housing. The insert forms a gas tight seal with the housing at appropriate edges. The seal prevents oxidation of plating materials along the edges thereby maintaining good conductivity characteristics over time between the cast housing and the insert. The spring conductor and the insert are made from or plated with materials which do not form an oxide layer and thus maintain low contact resistance over time, thereby preserving good conductivity characteristics of the entire electrical path over time.

Abstract: A jack is composed of a body, a contact piece holder mounted on the body, and a contact piece mounted on the contact piece holder. The body is molded in a single piece by die casting of a conductive material and includes as integral portions of the body a cylindrical portion for receiving a plug, a flange extending from the cylindrical portion, and a terminal and a holding portion provided on the flange. The contact piece holder is carried by the holding portion of the die cast body. The contact piece holder can be mounted on the holding portion with a single operation, and the contact piece can also be mounted on the contact piece holder with a single operation.

Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting a triaxial cable to a coaxial cable. The assembly includes a first connector member supporting a plurality of triaxial connectors, and a second connector member matable with said first connector member and supporting a plurality of coaxial connectors. The second connector member includes an electrically conductive support member having a plurality of apertures within which the coaxial connectors are supported, and upon mating of the first and second connector members, the outer contact of each triaxial connector will engage the conductive support member of the second connector member to provide a grounding path to dissipate noise carried by the outer conductor of the triaxial cable. The remaining connections for the center contact and intermediate contact of the triaxial connector are made in a standard fashion to the center contact and outer contact of the coaxial connector.

Abstract: An electrical fitting has a rigid tubular body in the form of an elbow with one connector insert rotatably received at one end of the body and a second connector insert fixed within the body in the other end. Insulated flexible wires within the body connect corresponding elements of the connector inserts. The fitting is particularly useful in establishing a quick disconnect for machines or instruments from a flexible feed cord while avoiding a "gooseneck" in the feed cord.

Abstract: There is disclosed a conductive ball bearing assembly having an outer and inner race and operative to rotate with respect to one another about a common axis to allow an input wire electrically conducted to the outer race to rotate with respect to an output wire electrically conducted to the inner race. The improvement therewith consists of apparatus which eliminates electrical noise due to rotation which apparatus includes an electrically conductive C-shaped member or ring adapted to be clamped over said outer race and including depending spring assembies secured to said ring for resiliently contacting the inner race during rotation of said assembly.

Abstract: A connector for connecting cnductors of coaxially shielded cables to standard, non-coaxial male contacts disposed in a row including (a) a first inner contact compatible with each of the male contacts, and being electrically and mechanically connected to a first inner conductor of one of the coaxially shielded cables; (b) an electrically insulating element surrounding the first inner contact; (c) an outer rectangular contact surrounding the insulating element, and electrically and mechanically connected to an outer conductor of one of the coaxially shielded cables and fastened to the jacket of that cable; and (d) an auxiliary contact disposed among the male contacts and electrically connecting one or more of the outer contacts to one or more of the male contacts or to an external circuit.

Abstract: An electrical jack-type connector, mainly for low voltage purposes, having a rod-shaped male part having terminals in the form of conducting, axially displaced contact rings, and a matching tubular female part having axially and peripherially displaced inner terminals to make contact with the contact rings of the male part, with the female part having an outer tube and an inner tube fitted therein, which inner tube is formed with rectangular slots for arrangement of the terminals of the female part, in each slot there being a flat substantially rectangular contact flap connected with a respective conductor located between the inner tube and outer tube in a narrow track extending on the tube wall parallel to the tube axis from the slot to an orifice at one end of the inner tube for connection with cable conductors within a closed end.

Abstract: The invention features an electrical extension outlet that is easily assembled and which provides internal isolation to wiring and socket contacts. The components of the outlet are assembled by means of snap fasteners. A double housing and base member construction doubly shields wiring and contacts. Care is taken in the internal design to isolate all metal fasteners from wiring and contacts.

Abstract: A high density electrical connector is shown in which discrete dielectric wafers mount several contact elements within grooves on a first surface of the wafer while mounting a single ground plane within a recess on a second surface. This configuration, when the wafers are stacked side-by-side, forms the contacts in a stripline connection in which the impedance of each contact may be controlled. The wafers may be inserted into slots within a housing to form a high density connector for joining a daughter board to a mother board.

Abstract: A quick-disconnect electrical connector coupling assembly has an electrical connector plug assembly which surrounds and mates with a receptacle shell. The electrical connector plug assembly may be quickly disconnected by the application of an external axially-directed force imparted by means of remote control through the use of a lanyard affixed to the assembly. The lanyard may be attached to a ring which surrounds the connector plug assembly. The electrical connector plug assembly comprises a first coupling ring surrounded by a second coupling ring. The first coupling ring has a plurality of apertured mountings which accommodate, in each mounting, the insertion of a floating land segment positioned atop a ramp spring segment. When the coupling is fully mated, the ramp spring segments protrude radially into the inner surface of the first coupling ring and abut a plurality of fixed bayonet pins to secure the mated connection.

Abstract: The invention concerns a plug-in and disconnect aid device for plug-in subassemblies of a mechanical arrangement which can be inserted in rack subassemblies, wherein a lever by means of an end piece is connected to a subassembly in such a fashion that the axis of rotation of lever is positioned vertically to the insertion plane in the end piece and wherein the lever is designed to release a lock element. In accordance with the invention, the lever is designed as a connecting member which by means of a guide is positioned in a guide of a first fixed-mounted arm of end piece; that parallel to the first arm; there is a second arm having a locking projection spring-mounted in such a fashion that its guide edge mates with guide piece; that the guide is designed such that a swivel action of lever is converted into a motion of the second arm parallel to the insertion plane; and that lever is designed with a keyway whose outer edges are designed as projections.

Abstract: A connector assembly for an anti-skid hydraulic braking system comprises a bulkhead connector extending through an aperture in a sidewall of the brake fluid reservoir, a connector harness mounted along the inside of the reservoir sidewalls extending from the bulkhead connector to three solenoid assemblies mounted on the reservoir floor, and a solenoid connector on each solenoid assembly in engagement with the connector harness. The solenoids extend through floor apertures into the master cylinder to respective hydraulic lines extending to brake cylinders in the wheels, one of the solenoids handling both rear wheels. The bulkhead connector mates with a connector outside the reserovir which is terminated to a wire harness connected to the on-board microprocessor to relay current to the solenoids when data from individual wheel speed sensors is processed to determine that a particular wheel is about to skid.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector is provided, which resists radio-frequency breakdown in coaxial cables used in the vacuum of outer space. The connector body surrounds an insulator which includes an easily compressible elastomeric portion. An insulated coaxial cable is prepared so its insulation projects beyond the outer conductor and compresses the elastomeric portion of the connector insulator.

Abstract: A connector for optical fibre or electrical cables includes a grommet having a body of resilient silicone rubber having at least one bore extending therethrough. Two annular sealing webs extend from the wall of the bore. Each web extends both radially-inwardly and axially of the bore so as to be of generally conical configuration. The web is shaped so that its axial thickness is greater at its free edge than where it joins the wall of the bore and so that it defines a cylindrical sealing surface coaxial with the bore. The configuration and resilience of each web are such that the free edge of the web can sealingly engage a member of relatively small cross-section, for example, an electrical or optical fibre cable, but the web is deformable to permit the passage of a member of relatively large cross-section, for example, a contact or terminating member at the end of the cable, through the bore.

Abstract: A carrier for holding a semiconductor device attached to a tape, said device being bonded to leads attached to the tape, said carrier having a base unit on which the tape is mounted, the base unit also having recessed located on the outer frame for aligning the carrier to punching die and other tools. The base unit also includes retractable latches that secure the tape to the base unit. Alignment posts on the base unit engage sprocket holes in the tape to align any test pads on the tape to the base unit; the alignment posts also align any plating bus nodes to a punching die for removal of the nodes while the tape is in the carrier. A cover is also provided to protect the tape; the legs of the cover engage receptacles in the base unit. The cover and base unit may be electrically conductive to protect against electrostatic discharge; the cover may further include conductive blades which short out leads on the tape to increase electrostatic discharge protection.