Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative housing with a mounting surface that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to an engagement direction with another connector. A plurality of contacts is arranged in the insulative housing. Each contact has a tine that extends parallel to the engagement direction for insertion into through-holes of a circuit board. An aligning member is attached to the insulative housing. The aligning member has a plurality of apertures for receiving and aligning the tines and standoffs that reduce bending stress applied to the tines. The standoffs abut the circuit board so that the aligning member inclines at an angle less than the predetermined angle when the insulative housing is mounted on the circuit board to reduce bending stress applied to the tines.

Abstract: The present invention provides a charging interface. The interface includes a first contact interface system for receiving a male connector. The first interface contact interface system includes a housing with a front surface, where the front surface includes an aperture leading to a well within the housing. A first positive contact is disposed within the well and a first negative contact is disposed within the well. The interface also includes a second contact interface system comprising conductive contacts disposed on the front surface outside the aperture. The conductive contacts comprise a second positive contact and a second negative contact.

Abstract: A ground connecting member is connected to a ground formed on a substrate. The ground connecting member has elasticity and conductivity. The substrate is fixed on a compensating member for compensating for an area of the ground. At this time, the ground connecting member is sandwiched between the substrate and the compensating member. In this structure, the ground connecting member contacts the compensating member, and electrically connects the ground with the compensating member in a low impedance state.

Abstract: A combination of an inner frame and at least two blades for a plug is provided. The combination includes an inner frame and at least two blades. The inner frame includes at least two positioning holes and at least two hook members respectively located adjacent to the positioning holes. Each blade extends through an associated one of the positioning holes of the inner frame. Each blade includes a portion engaged with an associated one of the hook members, thereby retaining the blades in the inner frame during formation of a housing of a plug by injection molding.

Abstract: A coupling terminal unit (30) has terminal fittings (20) coupled in parallel by a coupling portion (31) and is stamped from a metallic plate so that the coupling portion (31) is extendible in an arranging direction of the terminal fittings (20). An arrangement pitch (A) of the terminal fittings (20) is narrower than an arrangement pitch of the terminal insertion holes (14). Then, since the coupled terminal unit (30) is stamped out such that the arrangement pitch (A) of the terminal fittings (20) is narrower than that of the terminal insertion holes (14), unnecessary portions between the terminal fittings (20) can be reduced. Thus, the utilization efficiency of a material for the production of the coupled terminal unit (30) can be improved.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes a plurality of contact assemblies mounted to a housing. The contact assemblies can include a contact disc, a resilient contact, and a plunger. The housing includes a plurality of cavities. Each cavity includes first and second openings respectively communicating with a pair of opposing surfaces of the housing. The electrical connector can be used in an electrical device, such as, a sensor, for example. The electrical device can be mated to another electrical component.

Abstract: A method for rebalancing bandwidth allocations to peripheral and other devices, particularly for isochronous communications, connected to a computer system via a bus in order to accommodate bandwidth requirements of a newly added device or newly launched application is described. The method is particularly useful in the context of buses such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) and the IEEE 1394 bus (FireWire) which allow a plurality of devices to be connected to a computer system and even be powered by the bus. The method utilizes a Policy to identify preferred configurations and, furthermore, extends the USB and other standards to specify devices that can dynamically respond to commands to change their bandwidth to another setting.

Abstract: A spark plug gap adjustment system is provided which is designed to adjust a spark gap between a ground electrode and a center electrode installed in a spark plug to a target value. The system determines the position of the ground electrode in a given coordinate system to calculate a target distance required to move an end of the ground electrode toward an end of the center electrode for bringing the spark gap into agreement with the target value and moves the ground electrode under pressure by the target distance to define a desired spark gap. This achieves the spark gap adjustment precisely at high speeds.

Abstract: A connector for module that connects a module to a printed circuit board in a position wherein the board plane of the module is approximately parallel to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A mount apparatus includes a separate spring contact and wire wrap pin assembly as well as having a sandwich construction to prevent the spring contact and wire wrap pin from being pushed out of their retention positions. In one embodiment, a mount apparatus includes a front cover having a plurality of receptacles, a back cover having a plurality of through holes, and a circuit board assembly sandwiched between the front cover and the back cover. The circuit board assembly includes a board having a plurality of through holes aligned with the receptacles of the front cover and the through holes of the back cover, a plurality of contacts retained in a first set of the through holes of the board of the circuit board assembly, and a plurality of pins retained in a second set of the through holes of the board of the circuit board assembly.

Abstract: A shuttered connector including a fitting part that receivee a mating connector including an insertion part having a slanted surface, an insulator, at least one shutter that is rotatably supported by and fixed on the insulator, and helical springs that continuously urge the shutter in the closing direction. The shutter is selectively closed state when the shutter covers the fitting part and in an opened state when the mating connector is capable of being fitted with the shuttered connector. The mating connector includes insertion parts. The shutter further includes a guide units having an inclined surface, the shutter being rotated to open outward, with the including surface being pushed by slanted surface when the fitting part receives the mating connector so that the shutter connector is capable of fitting the mating connector.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of electrically connecting components of an implantable medical device are disclosed. One embodiment is an apparatus having at least one electrical connector comprising a tab section and a housing at least partially enclosing the electrical connectors, wherein the housing is molded into sealing engagement with the electrical connectors and the tab section is capable of removal from the electrical connector after the housing is molded.

Abstract: A metal two piece raceway has a base with inturned marginal edges that receive cover segments designed to mold therewith. The cover segments are spaced at selected location to receive a device bracket therebetween, and the device bracket receives an outlet device that is connected to through wires in the raceway base the device bracket is secured in place by wings that define at least in part channels for receiving depending ribs formed for this purpose in a unique cover that locks the assembly in place in a manner that has both aesthetic and functional advantages.

Abstract: A connector is provided to reduce the risk of erroneous ejection of a card from a card connector during use thereof. A stopper member is rotatably mounted on a knob of an ejecting mechanism. The stopper member is urged in the counterclockwise direction by a spring. When the knob protrudes in a state in which the card is not inserted in the connector, the stopper member, urged by the spring, exits a slot of the knob, rotates about a pin, and a rear end of the stopper member enters a card receiving slot. Accordingly, a card cannot be inserted into the card receiving slot 3 due to the protrusion of the stopper member into the card receiving slot.

Abstract: For an explosion-proof connection of two electric line ends (25, 26), the contact elements (27, 28) are accommodated in two tubes (1, 2), which can be joined in an explosion-proof manner. Each of the plug-in contact parts is axially secured in its tube by a radial projection (41) in the direction toward the end facing the other tube. At its line end, each of the tubes is closed by an end cap (42), which sealingly surrounds with a narrow outlet (44) the electric lines, including an insulation (43). The tube, in which the plug-in contact part with the contact pins is axially secured, extends beyond the tip of the contact pins, and has there an enlarged diameter, with which it surrounds the other tube (inner tube 1,3) with a narrow cylindrical gap (sealing gap 20).

Abstract: An ejection mechanism of card connector includes a guiding wall, a cam member, a slider, a spring and a supporting shaft. The guiding wall, the cam member and the slider engage each other. The spring acts resilience on the guiding wall. So the ejection mechanism of card connector can provides a back and forth movement in the process of loading and unloading the card. Further, the slider forms a pressed member, and the spring is located compactly between the pressed member and the guiding wall. The supporting shaft passes through the spring, one end engages one of the pressed member and the guiding wall, the other end moves back and forth relatively to the other of the pressed member and the guiding wall. In this way, the spring can be supported and positioned.

Abstract: A connector includes a first connector having a first connector housing which supports plural first connection terminals in its inside and a second connector having a second connector housing which supports plural second connection terminals connected to the plural first connection terminals in its inside. At least one magnetic member disposed in the first connector housing or second connector housing. The magnetic member is disposed to be held between leading ends of the plural first connection terminals or between leading ends of the plural second connection terminals, and a magnetic field is generated in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the both first and second connection terminals are inserted during a period of time from complete engagement of the first and second members to complete disengagement thereof, or a period of time from complete disengagement of the first and second connectors to complete engagement thereof.

Abstract: A modular board to board mezzanine ball grid array BGA connector includes a plug, a receptacle and if needed an adapter. The plug and the receptacle can be made form the same base pieces to accommodate different stack heights. If a greater stack height is needed, spacers can be used in the plug and the receptacle to accommodates a greater selected stack height. The plug and the receptacle both include a base having an interstitial diamond recesses in which the solder balls are disposed and in which one end of a contact is inserted. The plug may further include a plug cover that can be connected to the base, and the receptacle may include a receptacle cover that fits over its base. The plug can have a plug contact assembly, and the receptacle can have a receptacle contact assembly. The plug and the receptacle can be mated by mating the plug cover to the receptacle cover and the receptacle contacts to the plug contacts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a supply connector (10) for a discharge lamp (12) of the type which includes an insulating housing (18) in which an opening (56) is provided for the axial introduction of a free end (26) of the glass body (28) of the discharge lamp (12) including a longitudinal electrode (30) formed by a front section (32) which extends to the exterior of the body (28) and a rear section (34) which extends inside a front section (36) of the free end of the body (28) and which is designed to be supplied with a direct current, and of the type in which a contact blade (20) is formed, which blade cooperates with the front section (32) of the electrode (30) for connecting the lamp (12) to an electrical supply member, characterized in that it includes an electrically conducting ring (22) which is connected to ground, which is axially traversed by the front section (36) of the free end of the glass body (28), and which is designed to be at least partly in contact with a portion (150) of the outer wall of the

Abstract: An electrical receptacle for use in a string of holiday lighting that has a removable, replaceable, on-board power control board. The control board taps into normal alternating current delivered to the receptacle from a pair of wires running from an electrical plug and uses it to deliver electrical power through a fuse to a third wire that supplies current to a set of lights carried by the third wire as it runs from the receptacle back to the plug. The control board may also rectify the current to the third wire so that the lights operate on direct current rather than alternating current. However the receptacle delivers alternating current to subsequent load plugged into it. The control board is also capable, with suitable choices of components carried by it, of other modifications of the electrical current it delivers to the third wire.