Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises an insulating housing defining a cavity and a pocket beside the cavity, a bracket located at the outside of the insulating housing, and a jumper element assembled into the pocket. The bracket comprises a latch extending into the pocket while the jumper element comprises an elastic member elastically received in the pocket and urging the jumper element to move upwardly. The latch of the bracket engages the jumper element to retain the jumper element into the pocket, when releasing the latch, the elastic member ejects the jumper element upwardly out from the pocket.

Abstract: A plug (100) is configured for latching engagement with a cage (200). The plug has a housing (10) and a release mechanism (12) mounted on the housing. The housing has a nose portion (11) configured for latching engagement with a latch tab (21) formed on the cage. The release mechanism includes a rotatable lever (123) and a movable actuator arm (124). The lever has a front portion (1231), a rear portion (1232) and a middle portion (1234) adapted to be hinged with the housing. A front portion (1241) of the actuator arm could lift the front portion of the lever for releasing the nose from the latch tab when the actuator arm is moved forwardly, and a rear portion (1243) of the actuator arm could lift the rear portion of the lever when the actuator arm is moved backwardly.

Abstract: A number of variations may include a casting having a raised integrated cast grounding block with tunable surfaces for routing an electrical grounding wire/strap via an eyelet and an anti-rotational tab attachment.

Abstract: An electrical cable connector assembly comprising a top pivot shaft and a base pivot hub having an insert with fixture conductor channels form fitted on the base pivot hub to hold the fixture conductor wires. The top pivot shaft interlocks with the base pivot hub at one end and upon rotation at ninety degrees the connector assembly is closed completely. Upon closure with nominal hand force, a pair of metal conductor pins molded to the top inside end of the top pivot shaft easily penetrates the fixture conductor wires held in the insert and the source conductor wire held in the source conductor wire channel in the base pivot hub, to connect the two sets of conductors electrically. The small diameter of circumference at the mid section of the uniquely designed cable connector allows for the use of an optional closure to secure the cable connector in place.

Abstract: A socket connector includes an insulative base (2), a plurality of contacts (3) therein with an engaging portion (32) and a floating cover (5). The floating cover (5) includes a plurality of through holes (53) for receiving the engaging portions (32) extending therethrough. The socket connector includes a metallic shell (4) having a plurality of receiving holes (41) for receiving the contacts therein and electrically engaging with a metallic surface (52) formed on bottom of the floating cover (5).

Abstract: A protection device for protecting a power cable connector includes one sensor, a separation mechanism and a processing unit. The sensor is for sensing a relative distance and a moving speed of an external object. The separation mechanism is connected to the power cable connector in a separable manner. The processing unit is electrically connected to the sensor for controlling the separation mechanism to separate from the power cable connector as the sensor senses that the relative distance is less than a separation distance and the moving speed is not zero.

Abstract: In a connection structure, electric wire includes an inclined sheath section between an exposed core wire section and a whole circumferential sheath section. In the inclined sheath section, an end surface of the insulating sheath on one end side in a longitudinal direction inclines in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and thereby a portion of the core wire is exposed. Each of crimping pieces of a terminal has a core wire crimping section that crimps the exposed core wire section, a whole circumferential sheath crimping section that crimps the whole circumferential sheath section, and an inclined sheath crimping section that crimps the inclined sheath section. The terminal is crimped to the electric wire so that the end surface of the inclined sheath section faces a base plate section of the terminal.

Abstract: A flat harness winding device includes: a case; a rotor rotatably disposed in the case; a shaft of the case inserted into a hole in the center of the rotor; a plurality of harness split rollers rotatably disposed in the rotor; and a plurality of flat harnesses each of which one end is fixed to the shaft, said flat harnesses independently bent along respective harness split rollers and guided out from an opening of the case allowed to be wound. Harness support rollers are rotatably disposed on the rotor in spaces between the harness split rollers. Curve-shaped harness guide ribs are disposed on the rotor close to an out side in a radial direction of each harness split roller.

Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; a plurality of terminal chambers formed in the housing along a longitudinal direction thereof to accommodate terminals therein; a spacer insertion hole formed in the housing along a height direction thereof perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to communicate with the terminal chambers through communication holes and allow an insertion of a spacer for engaging with the terminals, each of the communication holes formed so as to communicate each of the terminal chambers with an outside of the housing, and forming a depression on an underside of each terminal chamber; and a guide protrusion formed about an upstream-side edge of each of the communication holes in an inserting direction of the terminal to lead a front end of the terminal inserted into the terminal chamber toward an upside of a downstream-side edge of each communication hole in the inserting direction.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of adjusting an impedance of a contact including a first portion and a second portion having a higher impedance than the first portion. In this method, the second portion of the contact is provided with an impedance adjusting portion having electrically conductivity to increase a dimension in a thickness direction of the second portion.

Abstract: Extension socket (8) with cord storage and dispensing system. Socket (8) comprises a housing (9) with upper housing (10) lower housing (20), a wiring and contact mechanisms lower housing (20) by which pins of a plug make electrical contacts with socket unit (18), an electrical plug (50) and cable cord (40) connecting the wiring and contact mechanisms within the housing (9) when upper housing (10) and lower housing (20) are coupled together, a receiving track (30) is formed between the walls of the upper housing; upper housing (10) has outlet port (36, 37) for cable cord (40) the bottom plate (21) of lower housing (20) has spaced apart projecting blocks with a passage (38 FIG. 4). Retainer (32) included to hold the cable cord in place in receiving track and/or the passage (38) between two adjacent projecting blocks (33).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and, more particularly, to medical devices with electrical connectors. In one embodiment, a medical device may include a medical connector having one or more contacts configured to enable communication between the medical device and a medical monitor according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard. The medical connector may also include an interface region disposed at least partially about the one or more contacts. The interface region may be configured to physically couple to a mating connector of the medical monitor. Additionally, the interface region may include a geometry or a dimension that does not comply with the USB standard.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for preventing unlocking which includes a signal pin transferring a signal; a body into which the signal pin is inserted and which is electrically isolated from the signal pin; a first housing having a hollow portion into which one end of the body is inserted, a thread groove and at least one protruding portion or a plurality of fixing grooves formed at an inner circumferential surface of the other end thereof; and a second housing having a hollow portion into which the other body end is inserted and through which the second housing is moved along an outer circumferential surface of the body in an axial direction.

Abstract: A lever connector includes a housing, and a lever rotatably provided on the housing to be rotated in a locking direction to be disposed at a connection locking position. The lever includes support plate portions rotatably supported by both sides of the housing, the housing has a hump portion protruding in a direction intersecting with a rotating direction of the lever, the lever has a protrusion portion protruding in an opposite direction to the hump portion to be engaged with the hump portion, the hump portion has a tapered surface inclined in a protruding direction of the protrusion portion as extending in the locking direction from a top of the hump portion, and as the protrusion portion is slid along the tapered surface to be engaged with the tapered surface, the lever is applied with a rotating force in the locking direction.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector for connection to a terminal includes inner and outer spaced concentric sleeves configured to cooperate in retaining an end of a coaxial cable, at least one of the inner and outer sleeves having a flange at its forward end and a coupling member configured to draw the flange toward an end of the terminal. The coupling member and the flange have confronting surface portions therebetween. The connector further includes an annular electrically conductive member disposed between the confronting surface portions for establishing conductivity between the coupling member and the flange when the coupling member and the flange are drawn into proximity with one another.

Abstract: A connector receptacle includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, a protective plate and a metallic shell. The insulating housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, where the tongue portion is defines a plurality of receiving slots through the base portion; the contacts is retained in the receiving slots of the insulating housing; the protective plate wraps the tongue portion externally and bends to form a front portion, two opposite side portions and two connecting portions, where two ends of the front portion are respectively connected to the two side portions through the two connecting portions; and the metallic shell wraps the insulating housing externally.

Abstract: A conductor (Wa) of the electric wire (W) whose insulated sheath (Wb) is removed from an extremity of the conductor to a location where the conductor projects backwards from a rear end of the terminal accommodating chamber (11) of the connector housing 10 is crimped and connected by means of a pair of crimping pieces (3b), and an area that ranges from the extremity of the conductor (Wa) to the location that includes an end of the insulated sheath (Wb) is covered with a resin (8).

Abstract: A radio frequency interference (RFI) and grounding shield for a coaxial cable connector is disclosed. The shield comprises a circular inner segment and at least one arcuately shaped pre-formed cantilevered annular beam attached to the circular inner segment by a joining segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam extends angularly from a plane of the circular inner segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam applies a spring-force to a surface of the surface of a component of the coaxial cable connector establishing an electrically conductive path between the components. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam comprises an outer surface with a knife-like edge that provides a wiping action of surface oxides on component surfaces of the coaxial cable connector and allows for unrestricted movement when the coaxial cable connector is attached to an equipment connection port of an appliance.

Abstract: A primary connector (10, 20) includes a primary housing (11, 31) and a number of terminal groups. The primary housing includes a periphery wall (111, 311) and a side wall (112, 312) disposed at opposite sides of the primary housing and extending along a longitudinal direction, a slot (113, 313) defined between the periphery wall and the side wall, and a number of passageways (114, 314) extending along a transverse direction for receiving the number of terminal groups. Each terminal group includes a predetermined terminal (22, 42) having a contact section (221, 421) exposed to the slot and a pair of soldering portions (222, 422) respectively extending from opposite sides of the contact section and inserted outwardly from the periphery wall and the side wall.

Abstract: A device for establishing a connection with an electronic device comprises a connection device, a lever and a pedestal having a face comprises a latch having a degree of rotation with the pedestal. The connection device has one degree of rotation according to a first axis parallel to the face of the pedestal, and comprises the electronic connector and a concave relief. The lever is linked to the pedestal by a linkage comprising at least one degree of rotation according to a second axis parallel to the first axis of rotation. The lever comprises a convex relief corresponding to the concave relief of the connection device, and an elastic component adapted to maintain a contact between the lever and the pedestal. The lever is configured to enter in contact with the connection device after a rotation of the connection device enabled by the rotation of the latch.