Abstract: An anchor pin, for anchoring one component upon another, such as an electrical connector upon a printed circuit board, by way of a passage defined by a mounting hole in one of the components that is substantially aligned with an opening in the other component. The anchor pin having a first form with a volume larger than the volume defined by the passage while being receivable within the passage and a second form in response to an external energy input, whereby the anchor pin within the passage becomes fluid deforming to substantially fill the passage, automatically accommodating any misalignment, and overflowing therefrom to form opposing heads. The mounting pin hardens in this form to anchor the components together.

Abstract: A trailer light connector enclosure which is characterized by an enclosure housing attached to either the frame, bumper or trailer hitch of a towing vehicle or the trailer tongue of a trailer and fitted with a removable or hinged door or closure and one or more slots, for receiving the plug or plug receptacle of the trailer or vehicle to enclose and secure the plug or plug receptacle when the plug or plug receptacle is not in use. In a preferred embodiment the trailer light connector enclosure is characterized by a notched housing of suitable shape, fitted with a hinged closure and an adhesive backing for mounting the housing on the vehicle or trailer, such that the plug or receptacle can be enclosed inside the housing when not in use and removed or extended from the housing for connection to the corresponding plug or plug receptacle component by opening the closure.

Abstract: An electric connector having a tubular portion 3 serving as expansion limiting means provided at the bottom of the inner spacing of outer housing 1 through which the male contact 4 extends for the purpose of limiting the expansion of lances 2 of the male contact 4. The inner diameter Di of the tubular portion 3 is equal to the sum of the outer diameter of the male contact 4 and the dimension of nearly 1.4 times the length L of the lances 2, and the expansion limiting angle .theta. of the lances 2 from the axis of the male contact 4 is nearly equal to 45.degree..

Abstract: A fuse bolder used to be mounted on a circuit board for holding a cartridge fuse and comprising a pair of clips each having a stop provided integrally on their clip bodies at an upper end thereof so that the cartridge fuse, when it is inserted into the fuse holder while it is axially biased, is restrained from being inserted thereinto because it strikes the stop of the corresponding clip body.

Abstract: A body mounting type electrical connector comprising: a hood which is provided at one end portion of the electrical connector and is formed with an opening for receiving a mating electrical connector; a housing for accommodating a plurality of terminals, which is provided at the other end portion of the electrical connector; the electrical connector being inserted into a mounting hole of a body member from a distal end of the hood so as to project the distal end of the hood out of an outer surface of the body member such that the electrical connector is mounted on the body member; a hook portion which, when the mating electrical connector is inserted into the opening of the electrical connector initially from one of upper and lower portions of a distal end of the mating electrical connector, is provided at a corresponding one of upper and lower portions of the distal end of the hood so as to be engaged with an inner surface of the body member; and a flexible lock which is provided at the other of the the uppe

Abstract: An electrical shielded data connector includes an inner terminal support housing carrying a plurality of electrical terminals such as where the terminal support housing includes a shielded assembly surrounding the terminal support housing. The shielded sub-assembly is insertable into an outer housing and is latchably attached therein and a rear support plate and cable support member are barred by part tide in nature and can be assembled around the cable after the termination of the multi conductor cable. The cable clamp portion can be positioned in one of two orientations to provide for either a straight through or an angled cable exit.

Abstract: An electrical connector provides for termination of shielded electrical cable. The connector includes an electrically insulative housing supporting plural electrical contacts. A conductive contact shield is positioned within the housing for electrically shielding the contacts. The housing further includes a strain relief device operable to frictionally secure the cable to the housing. The ground clip is positioned within the strain relief device for engagement with the cable shield upon cable termination. The ground clip is also resiliently engageable with the contact shield upon insertion of the contact shield into the housing. The engagement of the contact shield with the ground clip establishes electrical continuity between the cable shield and the contact shield.

Abstract: A filter plug includes lateral guides having insertion inclines for positioning and fixing a filter element, preferably a ferrite body, in a chamber of a pin bar body. The filter element is plugged onto plug pins being fixed by lateral spring elements which latch-in on the filter element and press the filter element against the chamber base. This creates a filter element attachment for simple installation which is integrated into the pin bar body, which is secure and insensitive to tolerances and which has no additional attachment devices.

Abstract: A housing for telecommunications equipment has therein a vertical passageway extending in said housing alongside racks for holding such equipment and between upper and lower entry ways provided by said housing to admit into said passageway from either above or below one or more external cables for servicing equipment in the racks. For each rack there is a flexible extension cable having a front end with a coaxial fitting thereon disposed in the passageway and running from such front end to the corresponding rack to there be coupled with a cable receptor connector. The coaxial fitting on each extension cable is coupleable to an end coupling on the free end of a corresponding external cable. The coaxial fitting on each extension is mounted on a rockable platform pivotally supported from the corresponding rack and angularly selectably adjustable between and secured at two positions of the platform at which the fitting thereon points, respectively, upwardly and downwardly.

Abstract: A connector housing has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers. Each of the terminal receiving chambers has a terminal inserting opening. A holder is removably attached to the terminal inserting opening to prevent the terminals from getting out of the terminal receiving chambers. The holder comprises a spread preventing portion for preventing a bundle of wires extending from the terminals from unnecessarily spreading out. A waterproof cover engages with the connector housing for covering the terminal inserting opening and the bundle of wires extending from the terminals.

Abstract: An equipment rack assembly comprising a rack adapted to accommodate a plurality of electrical/electronic modules is characterised in that sliding followed by pivotal movement of the module on insertion into the rack brings electrical contacts on the module into mating engagement with electrical contacts carried on a bus mounted in the rack.

Abstract: An apparatus for use as a connector in certain electronic applications. The disclosed apparatus teaches a connector assembly suitable for use in applications requiring minimal height restrictions while simultaneously affording a solderless, stackable, shielded connector assembly that may include a variety of electronic filtering. A described embodiment of the present invention includes a multi-walled encasement structure of electroplated construction housing a "pi" filter sandwiched between matching layers of resilient conductive layers, each layer having contact pads for coupling to contact pads of adjacent circuit board circuitry.

Abstract: A connector is capable of arranging a large number of contacts in an insulator with high density, namely, capable of reducing an arrangement pitch of the contacts. The connector includes a plurality of leaf contacts and an insulator for holding the contacts. The contact comprises a fixed portion fixed to the insulator, an elastic spring portion integrally connected to one end of the fixed portion, and a contact portion integrally connected to one end of the elastic spring portion and being offset from a surface of the fixed portion and the elastic spring portion. The fixed portion has the width substantially equal to that of the elastic spring portion. The contact portion has the width smaller than that of the elastic spring portion. The insulator has a passage hole for passing the contact portion and a holding hole contiguous to the passage hole in a thickness direction of the contact for passing the elastic spring portion and for holding the fixed portion.

Abstract: A latching system for an electrical connector which includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal-receiving cavities. A plurality of female terminals are adapted to be inserted into the cavities. Each terminal has a longitudinal axis and a mating portion adapted to mate with a male terminal also inserted into the cavity. At least one latch arm extends generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the terminal with a slight angle of inclination convergent at the insertion end to hold the terminal in its cavity in the housing. The latch arm has opposite ends attached to the mating portion by flexible tabs. Each terminal-receiving cavity has a restricted cross-sectional area adapted to engage and bias the latch arm of a respective terminal transverse to the longitudinal axis of the terminal during insertion of the terminal into the cavity.

Abstract: A coaxial connector is described, of the type that has a shell (14, FIG. 1 ) with a tubular first portion (16) whose front mates with another connector and whose extreme rear end (64) is initially open, and which has a second portion (22) extending at a right angle to the first portion for mechanically and electrically terminating to the braiding (42A) of a coaxial cable (30). The second portion (22) of the shell forms a tubular ferrule that surrounds the cable inner insulation (40) and which is surrounded by the cable braiding. The connector includes a sleeve (46) which can slide along the cable to a position surrounding the braiding that surrounds the ferrule, so crimping of the sleeve locks the braiding between the ferrule and sleeve. The shell second portion includes first and second parts (50, 52) that extend respectively from the lower and upper sides (60, 62) of the rearward end (56) of the first shell portion, with the second part being bendable and each part forming about half of the tubular ferrule.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrical connector terminal arrays, having interference canceling characteristics that meet or exceed the performance requirements of Category 5 components. The arrays are suited for producing connectors of the type for mounting to a printed circuit board. The connectors comprise a dielectric housing into which are mounted four pairs of electrical conductors. The conductors are arranged essentially in parallel fashion where the respective one ends thereof are spaced apart a first uniform distance, and the other respective ends thereof are spaced apart a second uniform distance greater than the first uniform distance. The conductors are further characterized by being arranged in a non-contact overlapping arrangement with the respective conductors of each outer pair in a single overlap of each other. The respective conductors of the center pair cross each other and then each crosses the adjacent conductor twice.

Abstract: A socket for receiving a lead of an electronic component comprises a socket body having a tubular body portion and a lead gripping portion. The tubular body portion defines a reception zone for receiving the lead of the electronic component along a lead receiving axis. The lead gripping portion has angularly spaced apart spring fingers which are separated by gaps. The spring fingers extend from the tubular body portion and converge inwardly toward the lead receiving axis to define a constriction for frictionally gripping the lead. Segments of the tubular body portion which are adjacent to and axially aligned with the gaps between the spring fingers are bent outwardly. The outwardly bent segments define retention barbs which are engageable with a wall of the hole in the substrate to retain the socket in the substrate.

Abstract: In the contact pin with ceramic insulation, one end is provided with a tongue for receiving a pole shoe and the other end is provided with a step which rests against a corresponding step in the flat channel running through the ceramic insulation. The first step of the contact pin is followed by a second step which projects slightly out of the channel and is provided with an upsetting.

Abstract: A power connector includes interfitting male and female groups, the male group including a power lead and an apertured enclosure, and the female group including a housing for receiving the male group and power receptacles.

Abstract: A concave portion is formed on a surface of a connector body, and each end of first contact terminals and each end of second contact terminals are extended respectively to mutually opposite walls of the concave portion. When a countermeasure against EMI is necessary, an array which contains filters is fitted to the concave portion to insert the filters between the first contact terminals and the second contact terminals. When the countermeasure against EMI is not necessary, a conductive array which contains conductive lines is fitted to the concave portion instead of the filter array.