Abstract: A contact wire connector includes a housing connected to an insulation displacement contact (IDC) and a contact sleeve. A strain relief member is connected to the housing opposite the IDC. The contact sleeve connects to a pin of a substrate and the IDC connects to an insulated wire which establishes an electrical connection between the substrate and the insulated wire. The strain relief member engages the insulated wire to maintain the electrical connection in an unstrained state.

Abstract: Protrusion portions at the top end of a lever 26 attached rotatably to a connector body 24 of a male connector 25 are locked in lock holes 28 on a hood portion 22 side through guide long holes 39c of insertion guide ribs 38b formed on the both sides of the connector body 24, and the insertion guide ribs 39b are inserted and fitted into connector guide grooves 27a formed in the hood portion 22. Consequently, the insertion guide ribs have both a function to prevent the lever from shaking in any direction but the direction of rotation, and an insertion guide function to guide the connector body. It is therefore possible to make the connector as a whole small in size.

Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a covered wire to a terminal is provided. The connecting structure includes a first member and a second member to be laid on the first member. In arrangement, the terminal is interposed between the first member and the second member. The covered wire having core lines covered with an insulating cover is disposed on the terminal. In order to spread the core lines on the terminal, the first member is provided with a projection which extends perpendicular to a direction of the core lines of the covered wire. In manufacturing, the insulating cover is molten by vibrating the second member on the covered wire by ultrasonic waves. Consequently, the core lines are forcibly brought into contact with an end of the projection having a small frictional resistance. Thus, the core lines of the covered wire can be uniformly spread to increase contact area between the core lines and the terminal.

Abstract: A waterproof geophysical connector including a rigid plastic body supporting a hard plastic insert which in turn supports a plurality of electrical contacts. A compression nut is connected to the body and an electrical cable extends through the compression nut to the inside of the body and is connected to the electrical contacts. A plastic potting compound fills the body and a plastic overmold is applied between the cable and the body and a fluid clearance space is provided between a rotatable coupling ring and the outside of the body for clearing debris.

Abstract: A cover (8) and strain relief for an electrical cable assembly (1) has a clamping member (11) adjustable in position to clamp against a cable (3) in an opening (9) through the cover (8), an expansible portion (13) of the cover (8) being expansible to fit substantially around an electrical connector (2) terminated to the cable (3), and the clamping member (11) holding onto the expansible portion (13) to resist its expansion away from being substantially around the connector (2).

Abstract: A connector assembly having a male connector body engagable with a female connector body. At least one female terminal is mounted in one of the connector bodies and the terminal includes a contact portion having a generally cylindrical shape with opposing ends and a plurality of contact beams extending between the ends to define a reduced effective diameter located between the ends. The assembly also includes a preassembled terminal position assurance mechanism, which for providing an indicia of whether the terminal is fully seated within the connector body, and a preassembled connector position assurance mechanism, which provides an indicia of whether the connector bodies are fully engaged with one another.

Abstract: A resilient conductive coupler electrically couples a conductive housing of a modular transceiver to ground contacts of a printed circuit board. A transceiver carrier is mounted to a printed circuit board and the resilient conductive coupler is selectively positioned and mounted to the printed circuit board so as to make a low impedance electrical connection with ground contact pads of the printed circuit board. The resilient conductive coupler is sized and positioned such that a portion of the coupler wipes the conductive housing of the transceiver as the transceiver is slidably inserted into the carrier. The coupler electrically couples the conductive housing of the modular transceiver to the ground contact of the printed circuit board when the modular transceiver is seated within the carrier so as to minimize undesired emissions from the modular transceiver when the transceiver is operable.

Abstract: For an electrical contact element with a securing end for securing in an opening of a support plate, it is proposed to provide the securing end with a central bore and with axial slots, elastic tongues being formed, and to introduce a pressure element into the bore, the tongues being forced radially outward against the wall of the support plate opening as the pressure element is pressed into the bore.

Abstract: A single conductor in a multi-conductor cable is connected to a terminating part on a contact pin or contact socket in a plug or a socket contact, possibly on a circuit board or a contact piece, by inserting a stripped, metallic center conductor longitudinally between at least one pair of gripping claws of an electrically conductive material. The gripping claws are shaped so that an inner, substantially forward facing and sharp edge portion touches the surface of the metallic conductor along a substantially helical curve having a large pitch angle. Thereby, if an attempt is made to pull the conductor in a rearward direction, the sharp edge portion will carve lockingly into the surface of the metallic conductor and cause locking of the conductor.

Abstract: A mounting for precisely positioning a sensor on an apparatus while allowing removal and replacement without disturbing the precise positioning is shown. A single combination mechanical/electrical connector is used to fix a sensor in its mounting.

Abstract: A tension-relieving assembly for electrical and/or optical conductors of a cable, wherein the conductors, which are guided in parallel in the cable, are held in a cable-guiding part and are inserted in conductor-guiding ducts in a conductor-guiding part, and wherein the axes of the conductors in the cable-guiding part and in the conductor-guiding part are offset relative to one another. The conductor-guiding part is provided, at the lead-in end for the conductors, with an annular collar, and a central peg is disposed in the annular collar. The cable-guiding part is constructed, at the conductor exit end, with a stepped recess, such that when the cable-guiding part and conductor-guiding part are joined together, the central peg is pressed between the conductors and forces the conductors outwards against the inner contour of the stepped recess in the cable-guiding part.

Abstract: A socket contact includes at its one end a connection portion to be connected to a board, at its center a fixing portion to be fixed to an insulator and at the other end two contact pieces having contact portions, respectively, for receiving therebetween a mating contact of a mating connector. The contact pieces are provided with recesses on the side of the fixing portion, respectively. A tongue having a width substantially equal to that of the fixing portion is provided. The tongue extends from the fixing portion toward the contact portions and is connected through a shank to the fixing portion. The tongue serves to prevent the socket contact from tilting in the insulator due to clearance therebetween so that the stable contact of the socket contact with the mating contact can be obtained and any damage of the socket contact can be prevented.

Abstract: A connector comprises a header having a plurality of contacts mounted thereon in such a manner that the post portions thereof protrude outwardly, and a socket having mounted thereon a plurality of contacts for contacting with the respective post portions of the header and being electrically connected thereto. The socket further has a plurality of guide grooves for receiving the respective post portions of the header thereinto and guiding them to the corresponding contacts of the socket. The guide grooves form slots thin enough to be broken when receiving the post portions thereinto or sufficiently narrower than the width of the post portions. Those regions of the contacts of the socket which contact with the post portions are provided so as not to be exposed outwardly of the socket.

Abstract: An adapter housing for insertion into the outlet of a base product wherein the outlet is configured to receive a connector. The adapter housing includes a front wall, a top wall extending rearwardly from the front wall, and a bottom wall extending rearwardly from the front wall. The adapter housing also includes a means for mounting the housing to the outlet. The adapter housing may also be provided with a flush front wall for future expansion of the outlet or a front wall with an opening for the mounting of a connector. The adapter housing provides extra support at the back of the adapter housing by including a first leg and a second leg at the back of the housing. Each leg extends between the bottom wall and the top wall. The first and second legs are spaced from each other and from the front wall. Preferably, the legs may be arch shaped.

Abstract: A ribbon style electrical connector is provided having at least one variable resistance contact such that an electrical resistance between the variable resistance contact and a corresponding mating contact of a second mating connector varies from a relatively high resistance to a relatively low resistance as the first and second connectors transition from an unmated to a mated position. The ribbon style connector includes a housing having a first end and a second end, with a shroud depending from the first end, the shroud defining a contact chamber. A substrate is mounted within the contact chamber and communicates with the second end of the housing. A plurality of signal contacts are adhered to a surface of the substrate, with at least one of the signal contacts including a resistive portion and a conductive portion.

Abstract: A circuit board mounted electrical connector includes a main housing, a secondary housing containing transformer and/or filter components, means for securing the main housing to the secondary housing, and terminal structures for connecting the windings of the transformer and/or filter components to the connector mating contacts and to each other. The mating contacts and the terminal structures may be mounted together on a base module, on an extension of the secondary housing, or separately on the base and on an extension of the secondary housing, while the transformer and/or filter components can be mounted in the secondary housing in a variety of orientations.

Abstract: An ultrasonic welding terminal which is suitable for ultrasonic welding of a covered wire is provided. The terminal is composed of a bottom plate in form of a sheet metal and an elastic contact piece connected with the bottom plate, for generating a force of repulsion. In an ultrasonic welding structure where, between a first resinous member and a second resinous member, the terminal is connected with the wire, even if the core lines are displaced by the shrinkage of the first and second members, the elastic contact piece can follow to such a displacement owing to the force of repulsion.

Abstract: A method of fitting connectors includes a step of inserting a first connector into a mounting hole of a joint body from one side of the mounting hole in order to temporarily retain the first connector in the mounting hole, a step of inserting a second connector into the mounting hole from the other side of the joint body in order to release the condition in that the first connector has been retained in the mounting hole simultaneously with fitting both connectors to each other, and a step of inserting the second connector into the mounting hole further so that the second connector is primarily fixed in the mounting hole.

Abstract: A connector module and a connector module kit which includes the components of the connector module, is provided. The connector module includes a first housing formed to house at least one first contact therein and a second housing formed to house at least one second contact therein. Insertion of the second housing into the first housing will cause each first contact to mate with each second contact. Such insertion also causes a latching mechanism located within the assembled first and second housing to latch the housings together so that they can not be readily disengaged.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector comprises a female portion, a plurality of conductive contacts, a male portion, and interlocking means provided on the female portion and the male portion. Plate connectors, end walls, and positioning protrusions of the male portion are snugly received in parallel slots, lateral slots, and positioning recesses of the female portion, respectively. Plate connectors of the male portion abut the contacts received in the female portion and positioning protrusions of the male portion interlock with positioning recesses of the female portion thereby establishing and ensuring a consistent electrical connection within the connector.