Abstract: A switching coaxial jack has an electrically grounded housing that supports first and second connectors at a first end of the housing and third and fourth connectors at a second end of the housing. A first center conductor is disposed within the first connector, a second center conductor is disposed within the second connector, a third center conductor is disposed within the third connector, and a fourth center conductor is disposed within the fourth connector. A sliding switch within the housing has a first position that electrically couples the first and third center conductors to one another and a second position that electrically couples the first center conductor to one of the second center conductor and the terminating element.

Abstract: By incorporating visually distinctive and readily identifiable indicia on at least a portion of a cable and/or conduit connector and/or its associated locking member, a unique conduit and/or cable connecting member is achieved which immediately informs any user of the precise electrical wires and circuit connections associated with the cable and/or conduit affixed thereto. By incorporating the visually distinctive and readily identifiable indicia on the portion of the connector mounted in the junction box and/or cable box, any individual is able to immediately recognize and understand the precise electrical connections for the wires associated with the metal clad cables or electrical tubes or conduits affixed to the connector, since the portion of the connector displaying the indicia remains visible after final installation.

Abstract: A connector module for connecting a portable electronic device to a power source and a network on-board a mobile platform, for example an aircraft. The connector module is adapted to be integrated into an interior compartment of the aircraft, either adjacent to or disposed within a seat of the aircraft. The connector module provides a networking port disposed within a housing that is adapted to couple the portable electronic device to the aircraft network. A power port is also disposed within the housing of the connector module and is adapted to receive either a DC or AC power cable of the portable electronic device for providing power to the portable electronic device. Several embodiments of the connector module provide various configurations for integrating the connector module into the compartment of the aircraft and/or into the seat of the aircraft.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of connecting first and second electrical connectors each having a plurality of aligned straight pins complementary to corresponding pins of the other connector, the pins of each pair of complementary pins being designed to engage coaxially one within the other. Free ends of the pins of the first and second connectors are placed in two intersecting planes so that the pins of the two connectors have axes that lie in a common plane perpendicular to the intersection of the planes, the axes of the pins of the pairs of complementary pins being equidistant from the intersection. One connector is then pivoted relative to the other about the intersection to align the pins of each pair of complementary pins on a common axis. The complementary pins are then engaged one within the other by movement of one connector toward the other in translation in a direction parallel to the aligned axes of the pins.

Abstract: A springy contact element for contacting first and second housing parts has a sheet metal tab formed as a unitary part of the sheet metal of the first housing part. The sheet metal tab has a base adjoining a sheet metal edge and a contact surface spaced from the base. The contact surface rests electrically conductingly against the second housing part. The sheet metal tab has a longitudinal center axis extending from the base to the contact surface. The sheet metal tab has a cold-formed section having a thickness reduced by cold forming relative to a thickness of the sheet metal. The base is wider than a width of the sheet metal tab in the area from the base to the contact surface, wherein the width is measured transversely to the longitudinal center axis. The cold-formed section extends past the base and the sheet metal edge into the sheet metal.

Abstract: A contact pin for an IC socket. The contact pin is formed from a metal material having conductivity and includes an elastic portion that is elastically deformable by a force applied thereto. A contact portion is formed at an end portion of the elastic portion and contacts an IC lead of an IC package. The elastic portion is polished to improve durability.

Abstract: An angled mounting plate is provided for mounting a connector at a bulkhead in an angled manner, such as for a coaxial or triaxial connector system. The angled mounting plate mounts to a yoke mounted around the connector. The yoke includes identical mounting halves held in place by fasteners. The yoke is held to the mounting plate by further fasteners. Vertical mounting plates can also be provided for mounting to the connectors. The bulkhead can be provided with mounting structure for mounting directly to the yokes.

Abstract: A positioning seat with nests for coils for a connector, the connector has on the top thereof a printed circuit board having a resistance-capacitance (RC) element, the printed circuit board is connected thereon with a plurality of coils for wave filtering and abnormal voltage isolating; the coils are positioned by a positioning device formed from the positioning seat and a lateral connecting plate connectable with the seat as well as connecting in advance with metallic guide needles, the positioning seat is shaped in advance to have the nests mutually spaced away and in an amount same as that of the coils; so that each coil is placed in a nest in advance for using in operation of electric connecting with related members and the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Described is an electrical plug connector with a cylindrical plug (20), a counterplug (1) which is complementary to plug (20), a bayonet ring (23) which is rotatable about the housing (3) of the counterplug (1) for locking the plug connector (20) into the counterplug, where the bayonet ring (2) can be pushed in the direction of plug insertion for the locking of the plug (20) on the housing (23) of the plug, until at least one locking device of the bayonet ring (2) has interlocked with the plug housing (23) and the bayonet ring (2) can be rotated about the counterplug housing (3) for the purpose of unlocking the plug connector.

Abstract: A coupling system between a set of components to be mutually assembled comprising a box-like body that contains an electric motor, a corresponding head and a junction box that contains the elements for electrical connection, comprising a first protrusion that protrudes from an axial wall arranged at the bottom of the box-like body and provided with a first opening in which the axial electrical connectors for the motor are arranged. The junction box is engaged slidingly, upon assembly, in the wall and encounters a first retention element constituted by the first protrusion and a second retention element constituted by the head. The junction box is provided with connection elements that are connected to an internal terminal strip and are aligned so as to match and couple the electrical connectors.

Abstract: A splice connector assembly for mechanically and electrically connecting a conductor pair including a first conductor member and a second conductor member, and for use with an electrical probe, includes a connector body adapted to receive the first and second conductor members. The connector body includes first and second body members. The first body member has first and second opposed sides. The second body member is adapted to engage the first body member. A terminal member is provided. The terminal member includes a first terminal disposed on the first side of the first body member and adapted to electrically engage the first conductor member, and a second terminal disposed on the second side of the first body member and electrically connected to the first terminal. The second terminal is adapted to electrically engage the second conductor member. An access hole is formed in the connector body and is adapted to receive the probe such that the probe can selectively contact the terminal member.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing, electrical contacts and a connector position assurance (CPA) member. The housing has deflectable cantilevered mating connector latch arms. The latch arms are movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The CPA member is movably mounted to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The CPA member includes a first section and a deflectable second section. The second section includes a cam surface for contacting a housing of the mating electrical connector and being deflected as the CPA member is moved from the open position to the closed position and an interference portion adapted to contact the latch arms when the latch arms are not in their latched position such that the CPA member is blocked from reaching the closed position unless the latch arms are in their latched positions.

Abstract: A retainer (40) has left and right pivotally displaceable locking pieces (47) and is held at a partial locking position on a housing (30) by the engagement of engageable portions (50) at the leading ends of the locking pieces (47) with partial locking projections (31) on the housing (30). Thus, even if the retainer (40) is pushed inadvertently, such a push is restricted by the contact of the contact surfaces with the restricting surfaces (37). Pressable portions (55) of the locking pieces (47) can be pressed while holding the opposite side surfaces of the retainer (40) by fingers. This causes the locking pieces (47) to displace pivotally outward and the engageable portions (50) disengage from the restricting surfaces (37). Thus, the retainer (40) can be pushed to a full locking position.

Abstract: A combination connector shell is constructed to include an electrically insulative front housing adapted to hold first terminals, the front housing having two springy hooks and LED insertion slot, an open frame type rear housing, the rear housing having two front hooks detachably hooked up with the springy hooks of the front housing and two bottom hooks, and a terminal holder adapted to hold a circuit board in the rear housing and a set of second terminals, the terminal holder having two hook holes respectively engaged with the bottom hooks of the rear housing.

Abstract: An electrical wafer configured to be housed within an electrical connector comprising a main body, and a plurality of signal routes, gap routes and ground planes. The plurality of signal routes, gap routes and ground planes may be positioned on each of the first and second sides of the main body. Alternatively, all of the signal routes may be on one side, while all of the ground planes may be on the other side. Each ground plane on one side of the wafer is positioned between two gap routes, or a gap route and a signal route.

Abstract: A dummy plug for wiring harnesses is disclosed. The dummy plug is used in an unused connector cavity of the wiring harness, thereby electrically isolating the connector cavity in the wiring harness to prevent short circuits. The dummy plug is substantially flush with the latch arm of the wiring harness, so that a pogo pin can determine whether or not the connector cavity is in use. The dummy plug has a design such that pressure blowout is prevented. A method for plugging an unused connector cavity is also disclosed, the method including the steps of providing a dummy plug having a head, a stem, and a female end, providing a wiring harness having at least one connector cavity and at least one latch arm and inserting the dummy plug into the unused connector cavity so that the female end is substantially flush with the latch arm.

Abstract: A manually actuated ejector for electrical connectors for providing an initial disconnection movement between connector components includes a pivotal lever attached to one connector component having an actuator link connected thereto, the link terminating in a connection to a rotatable cam carried by the one connector part with a cam face in juxtaposition to an opposed surface of a second connector part whereby movement of the lever rotates the cam in opposition to the second connector part causing relative disconnection movement between the two connector parts.

Abstract: A flexible medium voltage interconnection adapted to electrically interconnect receiving connectors of “bushings” of equipment stations. The interconnection comprises a conductive core including a metal conductor with, at each end thereof, an electrical connector adapted to mate the receiving connector of the bushing, and a flexible tube having at least an insulating layer of elastomeric material and covering the whole conductive core. The elastomeric material of the tube is preferably a synthetic terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and diene [EPDM] to increase the flexibility of the whole. In the method, the tube is expanded over the metal core of which the ends are foreseen with locking rings mating grooves of the tube in order to prevent a relative movement of the core with respect to the tube.

Abstract: A connector assembly for use in transmission line installations. An elongated steel tube is provided and an aluminum sleeve is axially inserted into the tube and exhibits a rate of extrusion greater than the tube. A current carrying cable has a plurality of outer strands and a central extending plurality of inner strands which insert within the sleeve. The tube is subjected to a mechanically compressing and area reducing procedure such that the sleeve extrudes at a rate greater than the tube and the aluminum material associated with the sleeve fills irregularities existing between the inner strands. The sleeve also establishes stress relief between the wire strands and the tube. An aluminum outer tubular body is slidably engaged over the assembled tube and sleeve and is mechanically compressed at specified locations in order to secure about the outer strands of the cable.

Abstract: An electrically conductive contact pin including an elastically deformable portion and a contact portion formed on a tip end portion of the elastic portion and adapted to contact an IC package lead. The contact portion is polished.