Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device in cooperation with an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating article includes at least one container housing a nicotine source and at least two seals sealing the at least one container, wherein each seal includes a deformable material. The aerosol-generating device includes an outer housing configured to receive the aerosol-generating article and an elongate piercing member configured to pierce the at least two seals. The elongate piercing member includes a piercing head at a distal end of the elongate piercing member and a hollow shaft portion including at least two apertures. At least one aperture of the at least two apertures is in fluid communication with the at least one container when the aerosol-generating article is received in the aerosol-generating device.

Abstract: A conductive spring plate fixing element is used to limit a live wire spring plate and a live wire conductive plate from contacting with each other, as well as a neutral wire spring plate and a neutral wire conductive plate from contacting with each other. The width of the limited part of the live wire spring plate is T1, the width of the limited part of the neutral wire spring plate is T2, and the live wire spring plate is separated from the neutral wire spring plate by an insulation distance L. The conductive spring plate fixing element includes a first limiting end and a second limiting end; whereas, the distance between the first limiting end and the second limiting end, M, is equal to T1+T2+L.

Abstract: A DC connector that allows a user to insert a coaxial cable and secure it to the connector without the use of soldering. This allows a user to easily customize power cables without soldering, which is particularly desirable for musicians creating custom pedal boards.

Abstract: The terminal is used within a card edge connector. Each terminal includes a base, a connecting tail extending downwardly form the base, first and second extending sections commonly extending upwardly from the base while spaced from each other, and first and second contacting sections respectively extending from the corresponding extending sections and into the central slot wherein all the base, the extending sections, the contacting sections and the connecting section lie in a same plane. The first contacting section is lower than the second contacting section. The first extending section is closer to the central slot than the second extending section is, and has more deflected regions thereof than the second extending section for increasing the length and the corresponding resiliency thereof.

Abstract: A contact increased in contact reliability by suppressing variation in contact area between the contact and a mating contact. A contact body including a contact portion that is brought into contact with a contact portion of a male-side contact, and a supporting member formed separate from the contact body, for receiving therein the contact portion and movably supporting the contact portion form a female-side contact. The supporting member includes a supporting member body for receiving therein the contact portion and the contact portion, first and second spring portions and provided on the supporting member body, for bringing the contact portion inserted in the supporting member body and the contact portion into contact with each other, and restricting portions provided on the supporting member body, for restricting movement of the male-side contact in a spring portion-bending direction of the first and second spring portions.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact in an elongated shape that is electrically conductive, and a housing that has an internal space is formed. The contact includes a contact portion, a connection portion, a fixing portion, and a protruding portion. The contact portion is to be electrically connected to an electrically conductive member when the contact is housed in the housing. The connection portion is electrically connected to a core wire of an electrical wire. The fixing portion is provided on a side opposite to the contact portion relative to the connection portion, and fixes a covering of the electrical wire. The protruding portion is provided on an end portion side of the fixing portion opposite to the connection portion so as to protrude. The protruding portion reduces the amount of movement of the contact inside the internal space of the housing.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing forming a central slot with two rows of terminals disposed by two sides of the central slot and retained in the housing. The housing includes two opposite lengthwise walls and two end walls connected to two opposite ends of the corresponding lengthwise walls, and a bottom wall linked to both the lengthwise walls and the end walls below the central slot. A removable key element is assembled to the two lengthwise walls and intersecting with the central slot. A receiving cavity is formed in the bottom wall to receive a light emitting device located under the key element and mounted upon the printed circuit board on which the connector is seated.

Abstract: A connector includes an conductor engager, coupler-driver and a compressor-body. A coupler is disposed over and engages a grounding end of the conductor engager while a torque drive member rotationally drives the coupler to threadably engage an interface port. Threaded engagement of the coupler causes the conductor engager to move forwardly toward the interface port and the torque drive member to move rearwardly relative to the conductor engager. Rearward movement of the torque drive member causes a compressor to slide axially over plurality of radially compliant fingers of the compressor-body. The compliant fingers are displaced radially inward to compress a prepared end of the coaxial cable, i.e., an outer conductor and a radially compliant outer jacket, against a tubular-shaped retention end of the conductor engager. Compression of the prepared end connects the coaxial cable to the connector.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatuses for vapor cooling. The methods and systems can be used in conjunction with all vaping devices including e-cigarettes, hybrid communication device electronic vapor devices, robotic vapor devices, modified vapor devices “mods,” electronic vapor devices, and the like.

Abstract: A self-aligning mechanism is described and may include a first coarse guide component connected to a first device and a second coarse guide component connected to a second device, the first coarse guide component configured to interact with the second coarse guide component to positionally align a connector pair, the coarse guide components configured to prevent a connector from being inserted into a connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are positionally aligned. The mechanism may also include a first fine guide component connected to the first device and a second fine guide component connected to the second device, the first fine guide component configured to interact with the second fine guide component to rotationally align the connector with the connector receptacle, the fine guide components configured to prevent the connector from being inserted into the connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are rotationally aligned.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and/or electronic vapor devices configured to analyze matter of at least one of smoke, vapor or other material in order to at least one of analyze, classify, compare, validate, refute and catalog said matter, then reference conditions in order to send system alerts triggered by defined analytical parameters.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and electronic vapor devices comprising a first container containing a first vaporizable liquid and a second container comprising a second vaporizable liquid. A vaporizer can be configured to vaporize at least the first vaporizable liquid and the second vaporizable liquid. Vaporizing the first vaporizable liquid produces a first vapor having a visible vapor cloud, and vaporizing the second vaporizable liquid produces a second vapor having a drastically reduced or invisible vapor cloud when compared to the first vapor.

Abstract: A leaf spring portion turning back at a bottom wall (first side wall portion) and coming into contact with a male terminal of a connector on the other side to press the male terminal to a ceiling wall (second side wall portion) is formed in a tubular-shaped main terminal body portion in a terminal, the main terminal body portion is formed when a metal plate is bent in a tubular shape such that a pair of end edges approaches each other to form the ceiling wall (second side wall portion), and depressed portions bending toward an inside of the main terminal body portion and extending in a longitudinal direction of the main terminal body portion are provided in a pair of respective wall portions forming the ceiling wall (second side wall portion).

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and electronic vapor devices comprising a heating element casing designed to facilitate an eLiquid heating process while providing a vapor quality which yields a sensation of increased smoothness for a user.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative elongated housing and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing. The housing includes a pair of side walls extending along a longitudinal direction with a central slot therebetween in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each side wall includes a plurality of passageways to receive the corresponding contacts, respectively. Each contact has the retaining section, a contacting section extending from one side of the retaining section, and a tail section extending from the other side of the retaining section. Each contact at a lower position is associated with a corresponding wiping terminal at an upper position in the same passageway.

Abstract: A connector has a housing and an internal structural body. The housing has a receiving portion while the internal structural body has contacts. The housing has a second upper inner wall surface and a second lower inner wall surface which define a rear portion of the receiving portion. Each of the second upper inner wall surface and the second lower inner wall surface is formed with contact accommodation portions which individually accommodate the contacts. The contact accommodation portions are grooves extending in a mating direction and opening to a front portion of the receiving portion at least in part. Each of the contacts has a spring portion which is resiliently deformable and a contact point supported by the spring portion. The contact point is situated inside the rear portion when the connector is separated from the mating connector.

Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag connector system comprising an airbag squib connector adapted to be mated with a corresponding airbag squib socket, whereby the airbag squib connector comprises a connector housing with a connection tube. The connection tube is provided with at least one reversed locking arm adapted to lock the airbag squib connector to the airbag squib socket, whereby the reversed locking arm extends from a flexible torsion element provided at an insertion sided end of the connection tube in a direction essentially opposing the insertion direction of the airbag squib connector into the corresponding socket. Thereby, the flexible torsion element is adapted to deform and thereby enable a deflection of the reversed locking arm upon insertion of the airbag squib connector into the airbag squib socket.

Abstract: A portable remote control device such as a key fob includes a motherboard, a battery daughterboard having a battery holder to secure a battery, and an interconnect mounting the battery daughterboard to the motherboard. The battery daughterboard may include a first via and the motherboard may include a second via in which the vias are misaligned with one another. The interconnect includes a first pin inserted through the first via and the second via to mount the battery daughterboard to the motherboard. The first pin has a disjointed configuration over a length of the pin in correspondence with a misalignment of the first via and the second via.

Abstract: An Ethernet cable assembly including a cable with nine elongated conductors, a first connector and a second connector located on opposing ends of the cable, and a coupler for electrically coupling with one or both of the connectors. The connectors may each include nine pin receptacles electrically coupled with one of the elongated conductors. The nine receptacles may be arranged with one center receptacle surrounded by eight outer receptacles, symmetrically arranged about a line of symmetry passing through the center receptacle, such that when identical first or second connectors of another cable faces one of the first and second connectors, complementary crossover pairs of the receptacles match up with positive receptacles matching positive receptacles and negative receptacles matching negative receptacles. To couple these identical Ethernet connectors with each other, the coupler may have pins simply passing from one side of the coupler housing to another, without any crossover hardware required therein.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact in an elongated shape that is electrically conductive, and a housing that has an internal space is formed. The contact includes a contact portion, a connection portion, a fixing portion, and a protruding portion. The contact portion is to be electrically connected to an electrically conductive member when the contact is housed in the housing. The connection portion is electrically connected to a core wire of an electrical wire. The fixing portion is provided on a side opposite to the contact portion relative to the connection portion, and fixes a covering of the electrical wire. The protruding portion is provided on an end portion side of the fixing portion opposite to the connection portion so as to protrude. The protruding portion reduces the amount of movement of the contact inside the internal space of the housing.