Abstract: An electrical switch connector assembly, for mating with an electrical switch, comprises a housing having a plurality of electrical contact members disposed therein, wherein each one of the contact members have insulation-piercing members formed upon first end portions thereof for engaging electrical wires, and leaf-spring members formed upon second end portions thereof for engaging prong contact members of the electrical switch. A cover member is snap-engagingly mounted upon the housing so as to cooperate with the housing in retaining the electrical wires mounted therein, and a strain relief member is also snap-engagingly mounted upon the housing so as to co-operate with the cover member in providing strain-relief characteristics to the electrical wires.

Abstract: An adjustable cable egress mechanism for cable connectors. The mechanism includes a protective hood, and a hub mounted inside the hood for rotation about a hub axis. The hub has a cable passage, and the hood has an outside wall with an elongated cable egress slot. The egress slot opens into the cable passage in the hub over a predetermined range of angular positions of the hub. Thus, a cable whose conductors terminate in an associated connector can be routed through the egress slot in the hood and the cable passage in the hub, and the cable rotated with the hub to a desired egress angle within the predetermined range. In the illustrated embodiment, the finger hub is engaged by latch formed on part of the hood to hold the cable at the desired egress angle.

Abstract: A modular power supply, having a standard structure to engage with a variety of sockets, includes a casing, a circuit board and a plural number of sockets. The casing has an upper case engageable with a lower case to house the circuit board in between. The circuit board has circuits to convert alternate current into direct current and a connector room at one end thereof for engaging with a socket. In the connector room, there are provided with a pair of spaced terminal seats which has a standard interval in between, and a ground seat. The sockets can include a two-port socket, a three-port socket and a coaxial socket. Each socket has two terminals with the standard interval for engaging with the terminal seats. The three-port socket further has a ground terminal which is engageable with the ground seat.

Abstract: A monolithic terminal interface for supporting, and establishing electrical contact to, components such as relays and fuses includes a terminal board fabricated from a self-supporting sheet of resilient, electrically insulating material. The terminal board includes one or more terminal sockets, each being defined by a terminal slot formed through the board. The terminal slot creates opposed contact beams which include contact portions spaced by a distance less than the thickness of a terminal. The contact portions of the contact beams engage a terminal inserted therebetween, and because of the resilient nature of the material of the board, maintain contact pressure with the terminal. A pattern of metalization extends across at least one face of the board and into the terminal slot so as to cover the contact regions in this manner, electrical contact can be established through the conductive metal pattern to a terminal inserted in the slot.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having a central body portion with a front face, a rear face and at least three rows of terminal-receiving passages extending therebetween and including a top row, a middle row and a bottom row. A plurality of terminals are received in the passages and include top terminals received in at least some of the passages in the top row, middle terminals received in at least some of the passages in the middle row and bottom terminals received in at least some of the passages in the bottom row. All of the terminals have forward contact portions and tail portions projecting rearwardly from the body portion beyond the rear face thereof. The tail portions of the middle terminals are longer than the tail portions of the top terminals. A wire management platform projects from the rear face of the central body portion and includes a first top surface at which the tail portions of the top terminals are juxtaposed.

Abstract: A connector has multiple layers of rows of tabs provided on one side of a housing, and contact members extending from each tab aligned in a single plane on the other side. Carriers 17A and 17B of upper and lower bus bars 12 and 13 are positioned one above the other, position fixing holes 20 thereof being aligned. Rows of tabs 15A and 15B provided above and below on one side and are separated by a prescribed distance. Contact members 18A and 18B are aligned at the other side in a plane, the contact members 18A being interspersed within the contact members 18B. This insert is placed in a forming die and a moulded housing is produced by insert moulding, both carriers 17A and 17B being cut off and removed thereafter to render the contact members 18A, 18B electrically independent.

Abstract: A connector includes a first connector fixed to a first attachment member in a first direction, a holder fixed on a second attachment member, a second connector supported on said holder in a second direction which is opposite to said first direction, wherein said second connector is advanced in the second direction so as to connect with said first connector when said first attachment member and second attachment member are relatively approached.

Abstract: A connector with an elastic locking portion is formed to avoid exerting tension on a wire when the connector is disengaged from its mating connector. The elastic locking portion 28 is elastically deformable upward and downward on the top surface of a connector 20, and a pulling portion 34 projects at the rear side of the elastic locking portion 28. When the connector 20 connected with a mating connector is to be disengaged therefrom, the connectors are pulled in detaching directions while the elastic locking portion 28 is pressed. Since the connector 20 can be pulled by maneuvering the pulling portion 34 at this time, no tension is forcibly exerted on a wire.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus connector is arranged to include in-line over-current protection components by dividing horizontal sections of the Universal Serial Bus connector power lines or contacts into vertically offset front and rear contact sections having a predetermined distance therebetween to provide a space into which the over-current protection components can be positioned, the space being narrower than the height of the protection device so that a good electrical connection is established when the protection device is inserted between the contact sections. The connector may also include at least one LED connected to one of the front contact sections between the protection device and a mating end of the front contact section to provide an immediate visual indication of whether an over-current has occurred.

Abstract: AC Adaptor for Computer with a molded plastic housing containing a recessed portion at one end having standard IEC male tripe conductive prongs contained therein and at the housings opposite end having a standard female AC receptacle contained therein, and conductive connections within the housing connecting the IEC prongs to said standard AC receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cable-to-card connectors and more particularly to a system for simplifying plugging and unplugging operations and for preventing any risk of bending pins and damaging contacts first, by guiding the cable and receiving connectors and second by multiplying the operator's insertion/extraction force. The system comprises a pair of guiding posts one on each side of the cable connector and a push-pull unique central screw making the link between guiding posts and the cable connector.

Abstract: A lever type electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having an actuating lever pivotally movably mounted thereon. The actuating lever includes a first cam groove formed therein. A slide member is linearly movably mounted on the first connector and includes a second cam groove formed therein. The slide member has a first cam follower projection engaged in the first cam groove of the actuating lever, whereby pivotal movement of the actuating lever relative to the first connector effects linear movement of the slide member relative to the first connector. A second connector has a second cam follower projection to be engaged in the second cam groove of the slide member, whereby the connectors are mated and unmated in response to rotation of the actuating lever and resulting translation of the slide member.

Abstract: Provides an electrical connector for the cathodic protection of a metallic surface that is subject to corrosion. A layer of insulative adhesive, layer of conductive adhesive and a suction cup are provided so as to permit the electrical connector to be adhesively secured to the metallic surface. This permits cathodic protection of the metallic surface under all corrosive conditions and provides good conductivity.

Abstract: A boot/ring comprising an annular core made of a closed-cell elastomer foam entirely coated with elastomer foam entirely coated with an elastomer covering that can withstand the electric insulating and cooling liquid contained in connector, at the connector operating temperature. Application: to high-voltage connectors for X-ray apparatuses.

Abstract: A lamp socket for multipin lamps with spring-biased contacts for contacting the contact pins of a lamp, and a housing which in the final assembly state at least partially surrounds the lamp base of the lamp. The housing is composed of an upper housing part which supports a device for aligning and securing the lamp, and a bottom hosing part which supports at least indirectly receiving means for the contacts. The spring-biased contacts provided for contacting the various contact pins are arranged in individual electrically insulating and housing-like contact cages which are moveable independently of each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) comprising a first part (12) including a housing (16) having opposed side walls (18,20) each having an upper wall (24) and a lower wall (26) defining opposed slide surfaces (28) extending in a direction (Y) substantially perpendicular to the mating axis. Each side wall (34,36) includes first and second spaced apertures (34,36) and an upward extension (70). A slider (30,31) is positioned adjacent each side wall and includes a pair of inclined cam surfaces (46) having openings (48) alignable with the apertures in the lower wall, and a resilient tab (52) for making a snap fit in the first aperture in a fully unmated position or the second aperture in a fully mated position. A substantially U-shaped lever (58) having a pair of arms (60) and pivot means (62,72) on each arm allowing the lever to pivot relative to the housing. Drive means (66,74;68,80) on each arm and each slider slide each slider relative to the adjacent side wall on pivoting of the lever relative to the housing.

Abstract: The invention provides an electrical housing having a cover portion 14, and a base portion (not shown) defining recesses for receiving electrical connectors 24. Each connector has a casing 26 defining a nozzle portion 28 through which terminations of electrical conductors 30 are receivable into the casing 26. The casing 26 holds captive a displaceable element 34 resembling a cylindrical plunger. The element 34 co-operates with a metal blade located within the casing 26 to strip off the insulation of the conductors 30 and join them electrically when the element 34 is urged into the casing. In use, a tool formation 40 forming part of the cover portion 14 is positioned over the displaceable element 34. When a downward force is applied to the cover portion 14 the tool portion 40 effectively urges the element 26 into its final position, thereby joining the conductors 30 electrically to each other.

Abstract: An electrical interconnection device comprises a first connector member having a first mating end and a second connector member having a second mating end. The first connector member may be a printed circuit card I/O connector, and the second connector member may be a telecommunications adapter connector such as a modular jack. The first and second connector members are pivotally linked to permit relative angular movement therebetween.

Abstract: An electrical coupling and switching device and associated method advantageous for use with signal bandwidths of 1.5 GHz or more is provided having a housing defining first and second equipment ports for use with coaxial plugs. The housing also defines first and second patch ports for receiving patch plugs, such as video-style plugs. A pair of actuators are positioned within the housing for establishing electrical communication between the equipment ports and a corresponding patch plugs. A flexible microstrip is also provided that, in a normal mode, provides a low return loss, low discontinuity flowpath between the equipment ports, while in a patched mode is flexibly urged away from an equipment port that is patched to the corresponding patch plug via the actuator such that the unpatched equipment port is terminated in its characteristic impedance.

Abstract: A press-fit terminal comprises a pin-like terminal body (2) having a support section (5) and a spring contact element (3). The spring contact element has a tubular body with an opening groove (3A) and is flexible in the radial direction. Also, it has an outer contact portion (6) at an utmost outer position and inner contact portions (7, 8) at an utmost inner position. The outer contact portion lies outside of the diameter of the conductive section (P1) of a through-hole but when the spring contact element is press-fitted in the conductive section and compressed, the outer and inner contact portions are brought into resilient contact with the conductive section and the support section, respectively.