Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector body having a plurality of cavities extending from a rearward conductor end to an intermediate location and an enlarged common opening along its forward end from the intermediate location to a forward end and with the intermediate location defining a transverse shoulder. It further comprises cylindrically shaped metal terminals having lands and each connected to a conductor. The terminals are inserted through the connector body and attach to a deflectable collar whose cross-sectional shape is like that of the common opening. The terminals are snap fittingly attached to the collar and then simultaneously pulled to seat via the lands on the collar engaging a shoulder on the collar and sliding the collar through the common opening of the connector body until the collar engages the transverse shoulder therein.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for maintaining an electrical connector assembly mounted on a printed circuit board during soldering of the assembly to the board. A housing has a plurality of terminals mounted therein. The terminals include solder tails projecting from the housing for insertion into respective holes in the printed circuit board. Each terminal is stamped in planar form of sheet metal material. The solder tails are arranged in a row of pairs thereof, with the solder tails in each row being in a plane transverse to the row. All of the solder tails are of similar shape with each solder tail including a straight intermediate section projecting from the housing, a straight tip section for insertion into a respective hole in the printed circuit board, and an offset curved section between the intermediate and tip sections. The curved section of one solder tail extends in a direction transverse to the row opposite to the curved section of the other solder tail in each pair thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission apparatus comprising an outer casing, an inner casing relatively rotatable to the outer casing, a flexible cable of which one end is connected to the inside surface of the outer casing and the other end is connected to the outside surface of the inner casing, a guide ring having at part of its circumferential direction a cut-out portion, which is attached for sliding between the outer casing and the inner casing and a resilient portion provided with the guide ring, which presses the flexible cable against the inside surface of the outer casing or the outside surface of the inner casing. The flexible cable has a reversing portion through the cut-out portion of the guide ring to be wound in one direction around the outside surface of the inner casing and wound in the reverse direction between the guide ring and the outer casing.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector, or wire connecting block, of the type for electrically interconnecting a set of first conductors to an associated set of second conductors. The connector comprises a dielectric housing defined by a pair of side walls and containing a plurality of through cavities therebetween. The cavities for slidably receiving a like plurality of slotted beam contacts are characterized by a first uniform width over a portion of its length, a second portion having a uniform width greater than the first uniform width, and an angled wall transition portion between the uniform portions. Externally, the housing is provided with a like plurality of thin walled sections along one of the side walls, where each said thin walled section is aligned with a corresponding angled wall transition portion within a given cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector (2) comprising rows of terminals (6) therein has capacitance filter elements (36,38) bonded to side walls (14,16) thereof. The filter elements are comprised of a thin dielectric film laminated on either side with conductive material, the one side serving as a ground electrode and the other side divided into a plurality of signal electrodes separated by gaps formed by conventional etching process. The filter elements also have connection tabs (48,49) extending from a lower end (50) thereof, each tab connected to a separate electrode (42,44) and electrically connected to corresponding terminals (6) of the connector (2). The invention therefore provides for a readily manufacturable and cost effective filtered connector for filtering unwanted frequency components of a signal to be carried, the filter being mountable to the connector housing in an unobtrusive and compact manner.

Abstract: A cable strain relief system is provided for an electrical connector assembly which terminates a multi-conductor ribbon cable. A pair of interengageable elongated strain relief members clamp the ribbon cable therebetween. A flexible latch arm with a latch hook is provided on at least one of the strain relief members. A latch passage and a latch shoulder is provided on at least the other of the strain relief members for receiving the latch arm and latchingly engaging the latch hook of the one strain relief member. A rigid alignment element is provided on at least one of the strain relief members, and an alignment opening is provided on at least the other of the strain relief members for receiving the rigid alignment element. The latch passage is sized to receive the latch arm and latch hook freely thereinto with the pair of strain relief members offset relative to each other, and with the latch arm in an initial unflexed condition.

Abstract: Electrical connectors are provided for enabling electrical access through a side wall of a microelectronic, sensor, or fiber optic package housing while maintaining hermeticity. These connectors include a connector body having an aperture therethrough and a coefficient of thermal expansion which is different than that of the housing. The connectors include a connector pin disposed through the aperture of the connector body and hermetically sealed to the connector body with an insulating composition or a ceramic insert bonded to the connector pins. Flange means are also provided for joining the hermetic electrical connector to the microelectronic package housing. The flange means includes upper and lower flanges metallurgically bonded together and comprising first and second metallic compositions respectively. The first composition is hermetically bonded to the connector body with a fusion weld having a heat-affected-zone which does not significantly affect the hermetic seals around the connector pins.

Abstract: An adjustable rugged antenna coupler assembly for primary use in portable radios. Connector means in combination with a pair of gasket means, signal carrying means and encasement means combine to provide an improved adjustable antenna coupler assembly. The connector means is mated with complementary threadings in the radio casing thereby providing an antenna coupler readily adjustable such that the antenna is always pointed in a desired direction, such as skyward.

Abstract: A terminal assembly for a cable having a multiplicity of conductors, particularly having a relatively high number of small gauge conductors, and providing an individual terminal for each conductor.The terminal assembly comprises a terminal block having a plurality of terminal cavities at one face of the block to receive respective terminal elements and a plurality of conductor apertures in the opposite end of the terminal block. The respective conductors with or without a terminal element connected thereto pass through each conductor aperture to be connected to a terminal element in, or to be located in, a respective terminal cavity. Locking means are provided of the terminal block adapted to anchor each conductor to the terminal block to thereby limit the transmission of cable or conductor movement externally of the terminal block to the terminal elements.

Abstract: To provide a connector with a terminal retaining mechanism which positively prevents an incomplete fit of a terminal retaining member. The connector includes an outer housing connectable to a mating connector is mounted on an outer side of an inner housing receiving terminals, the outer housing is slidably mounted on the inner housing. A retaining member for the terminals is slidingly moved to be engaged in the inner housing through a window hole formed in the outer housing. The retaining member is projected from the window hole when the retaining member is out of engagement with the terminals, and the retaining member is received in the inner housing when the retaining member is engaged with the terminals, thereby allowing the outer housing to slide in a terminal-connecting direction.

Abstract: An electric connector comprising an outer casing; a terminal block housed inside the casing and having a number of through cavities arranged in two parallel rows adjacent to the lateral walls of the terminal block; and a number of electric terminals housed inside respective cavities and retained therein by respective primary retaining means and by secondary retaining means consisting of a pair of movable elements integral with the lateral walls of the terminal block, connected to the terminal block by an elastic hinge, and having a number of teeth cooperating, in an assembly position, with respective electric terminals; snap-on means being provided for mutually engaging the lateral walls of the terminal block and the movable elements for maintaining the movable elements stably in the aforementioned assembly position.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a main body and a separate electrical component retention member which meet at an interface. The connector contacts are positioned in grooves ending in enlarged areas for receiving terminals of an electrical component such as a transformer. The component extends rearwardly from the interface and is retained in an opening in the retention member and the retention member is press fit onto the rear of the main body portion to removably hold the component in plane and align the component with corresponding contacts of the connector.

Abstract: A contact (10) has an intermediate body portion (11) provided with respective side edges (14, 15) formed with a protruding convex portion (16) and a recessed concave portion (17), respectively. The contacts (10) are slidably inserted into respective channels (22) in the insulated housing (21) of an electrical connector (20), the channels (22) being separated by respective walls (23). When the contacts (10) are thus inserted into the channels (22), the convex portion (16) of one contact (10) cooperates with the concave portion (17) of an adjacent contact (10) to trap and deform the wall (23) therebetween, thereby exerting a resilient biasing force for retaining each contact (10) in its respective channel (22).

Abstract: A mass termination connector (2) having a low profile backshell which may be efficiently stacked. A wiring assembly (24) having conductors (26) extend through a braid (10) and a backshell adapter body (6) to a connector housing (4). The braid is attached to the exterior of the adapter body, removed from the interior compartment, to protect the wiring assembly from chafing during shock and vibration.

Abstract: A modular jack connector is arranged to optionally accommodate both a ferrite block inductor arrangement and chip capacitors. The connector can be assembled and all components secured in place in four insertion steps, without any requirement for soldering or other bonding techniques.

Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal retainer mounted on a rear portion of a connector housing so as to move in a two-stage manner, that is, between a provisionally-connected condition and a completely-connected condition, and in the completely-connected condition the terminal retainer can be positively engaged with metal terminals. Flexible support pieces for metal terminals are provided on a terminal retainer. A flexible retaining piece for the metal terminal is provided at each terminal receiving chamber. In the provisionally-connected condition of the terminal retainer, the flexible support piece is placed on a push-up projection of the connector housing to be held out of a path of movement of the metal terminal within the terminal receiving chamber. When the terminal retainer shifts to the completely-connected condition, a driven projection on the flexible support piece is engaged in a drive groove in the connector housing to forcibly drive the flexible support piece into engagement with the metal terminal.

Abstract: A connector includes a first member, a second member which is rotatably coupled to the first member, a first contact which is provided for a surface of the first member opposite to the second member, and a second contact, provided for a surface of the second member opposite to the first member, which is in contact with the first contact, the first contact and the second contact being relatively slid so that an electric connection can be maintained when the first member and said second member are relatively rotated.

Abstract: A connector includes lever pivotally mounted on a lateral wall of a male connector housing. When a female connector housing is inserted into the male connector housing, a cam follower projection formed on a cover is engaged with a cam groove formed on the lever. The lever is formed of four split pieces: a base plate, a second split piece, a third split piece, and an operating strip. For connecting or disconnecting the connectors, the lever can be expanded to maximize leverage. For storage, the lever can be contracted to minimize the amount of space occupied.

Abstract: A retention system for retaining a connector housing to a substrate includes a pair of slotted arms extending from the housing and a wedge-shaped abutment member having a camming surface and a latching surface thereon. One leg of an L-shaped clip is insertable into a channel defined by the slotted arms. The top edge of this leg of the clip is notched to form a tab. The clip is deflectable by the camming surface as the leg advances into the channel until the latch bar on the clip snaps into latching engagement with the latching surface on the abutment member, thereby to secure the clip to the housing.The second leg of the clip is bent to underlie the connector housing when the clip is attached thereto.

Abstract: A connection system particularly suited for blind mate applications wherein a male connector is to be coupled to a female receptacle which cannot be aligned for mating using normal visual alignment and insertion techniques including at least two guide pins secured to either the connector or receptacle and mating sockets each having an axial bore dimensioned for receiving a guide pin secured to the other component. The guide pins and sockets are positioned so that when the guide pins are inserted into the sockets, the connector aligns with the receptacle for simple connection. The guide pins and sockets are secured to the connector and receptacle such that the length and width confines of the connector and receptacle are not increased by the guide pins and sockets. Furthermore, the guide pins provide mechanical support for the connection and the sockets include a flange for spacing the electrical receptacle a predetermined distance above a surface to which the receptacle is mounted.