Abstract: In an electrical connector having a strip line arrangement of a plurality of signal contacts flanked by ground planes, the improvement comprising the signal contacts having an elongated cross-section defined by minor surfaces and major surfaces, with the major surfaces extending transversely between the ground planes. An electrical connector for reducing cross-talk and controlling impedance, comprising: an insulative housing; a ground plane; and a plurality of contacts. Each contact has having an elongated cross-section and a mating portion for engaging a contact of a mating connector. The elongated cross-section, at least in the mating portion, extends transverse to the ground plane. An electrical connector for reducing cross-talk and controlling impedance, comprising: an insulative housing; a ground plane; and a plurality of contacts. Each contact has an elongated cross-section and a mating portion for engaging a contact of a mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector is mateable with a complementary connecting device having a blade terminal. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating face, an elongated terminal-receiving cavity with an open end through the mating face for insertion therethrough of the blade terminal, and a locking ledge on an end wall of the cavity. A conductive female terminal is received in the cavity and includes a pair of elongated side walls joined in spaced relation by at least one end wall. A plurality of flexible contact arms are folded back over each side wall from an upper edge thereof for engaging a respective side of the blade terminal. A locking finger projects from the end wall of the terminal and is engageable with the locking ledge on the end wall of the terminal-receiving cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a housing having mating and rear surfaces, and defining first passageways between the mating and rear surfaces. A plurality of first terminals is assembled to the first passageways from the rear face. Each terminal has an insulation displacement section extending beyond the rear face. At least a slot is defined in the rear face separating at least one terminal from the rest of the first terminals thereby preventing sparks generated from therebetween. A cover is assembled to the rear face enclosing the insulation displacement sections of the terminals. The cover includes a barrier received in the slot of the housing thereby eliminating sparks resulted when the one terminal carries high voltage.

Abstract: An electrical connector for interconnecting a first circuit such as an integrated circuit having a plurality of IC terminals with a second circuit having a plurality of contact pads when the terminals and pads are positioned opposite each other. The connector includes an electrically insulating sheet made of a first elastic material formed with a plurality of bores extending therethrough in a direction mutually perpendicular to the first and second circuits, and a plurality of electrical conductors, each made of a second, electrically conductive elastic material and shaped so as to contact the first circuit terminals. The elastic material electrical conductors are each positioned relative to the electrically insulating sheet so as to cover each of the bores and extend into the bore co-axially therewith.

Abstract: The present invention includes a terminal block accommodation chamber formed in a sub-plate, a cover member detachably mounted on the opening of the terminal block accommodation chamber, and a terminal block that is formed integrally with the cover member and that is loaded in and unloaded from the terminal block accommodation chamber by installing and removing the cover member. The terminal block has a plurality of feeding terminals to which leads drawn through an introduction port in the cover member are connected. A plurality of plug-shaped contact shoes for electric connection are attached to the respective terminals. Socket-shaped contact shoes leading to the solenoid valve are provided in a first connector installed inside the terminal block accommodation chamber. When the solenoid is inserted into the accommodation chamber, the contact shoes of the terminal block are connected to the contact shoes of the first connector.

Abstract: A screwplug type water heating unit (10) has a body (12) through which ends (14a, 14b) of a heating element (14) extend. Separate terminal quick connects (22) have tabs (38a, 38b) which engage the ends of the heating element. Electrical leads (L1, L2) which connect with the ends of the heating element are separately engaged in slots (50) of each terminal quick connect by an engagement tab (60) so the heating element is electrically connected in a circuit supplying power to the heating unit. A terminal block (24) attaches to an outer face (26) of the screwplug. The terminal block has openings (94a, 94b, 96a, 96b, 98a, 98b) in it by which the terminal quick connects are installed in the terminal block. The terminal quick connects each have a tab (70) received in a slot (98a, 98b) formed in the terminal block to attach the terminal quick connects to the terminal block.

Abstract: A connecting terminal and a circuit breaking device having the connecting terminal are provided. A plate-shaped second bus-bar 19 welded to a conductive thermit casing 26 through a low melting point metal 23. The bus-bar 19 has an orifice 20 formed to fix a wire with a terminal body by thread fastening and a thin part 51 formed between the orifice 20 and the metal 23 to have a plate thickness smaller than that of the other portion of the bus-bar 19. The thin part 51 is provided with wedge-shaped notches 53. When fastening a screw inserted into the orifice 20 in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, a stress resulting from the rotation is absorbed by the thin plate 51 and the notches 53 in pairs. Consequently, owing to the absorption, it is possible to restrict the stress from being transmitted to the welding part of the low melting point metal 23.

Abstract: For use with a plate having a via located therethrough an electrical connector configured to transfer an electrical signal from one major surface of a plate to the other major surface, a method of manufacturing the electrical connector and a board mounted power supply utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the electrical connector comprises a dielectric layer coating a peripheral wall of the via and extending therefrom to coat portions of the opposing major surfaces of the plate adjacent the via. The electrical connector further comprises a conductive contact layer that covers a portion of the dielectric layer and extends to portions of the opposing major surfaces to form opposing contacts thereon.

Abstract: A press fit contact for through hole mounting has a longitudinal axis and a contact portion along the axis for mounting with an associated electrical component to make electrical contact therewith. A leg portion is configured and dimensioned to be inserted through a mounting plated through hole of a support member. The leg portion includes an interference element along at least a portion thereof dimensioned to be receivable within the plated through hole to establish a press-fit or interference-fit and mechanical and electrical contact with the plating on the mounting hole. An intermediate portion is provided between and integrally formed with the contact and leg portions, the portions all being generally aligned along the longitudinal axis. A pressure-bearing, in each instance element, in the form of one or more holes and with or without associated blade tabs, is formed on the intermediate portion within the perimeter or inside the lateral edges defined by the intermediate portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector device for multiple diverse electrical connectors is provided according to embodiments of the invention. The electrical connector device includes two female connectors in the same housing. The two female connectors are of different types and are oriented orthogonal to each other. The electrical connector device has a front face in which the openings to the two female connectors are located. The front face occupies the same space as another larger, standard electrical connector, thus allowing the electrical connector device to accommodate two separate connectors in the same space as a single standard connector, and thereby provide selective, simultaneous, independent, and dual functionality.

Abstract: A connection block assembly for a waterproof switch is disclosed, which includes a connection block which has two holes defined on one surface each corresponding to one locking prong of awaterproof switch, two locking grooves defined on each side of the connection block assembly and corresponding to a locking rails extending from the switch body such that the waterproof switch can be connected to two switch bodies by the connection block assembly.

Abstract: An enhanced terminal screw for use in an electrical receptacle includes a shank, a head and a plurality of impeller wire gripping elements. The shank has opposite ends. The head is mounted to one of the opposite ends of the shank. The head has an underside surface defining a plurality of spaced apart grooves. The impeller wire gripping elements are defined by a plurality of lands formed between the spaced apart grooves on the underside surface of the head which grip a wire partially surrounding the shank and wrap the wire radially inwardly toward the shank as the screw is tightened relative to the wire. Each land has opposite edges providing a gripping surface.

Abstract: An inner housing (12) is formed with terminal accommodation chambers (13) for accommodating therein terminals (14) at ends of wires (20). An outer housing (17) is formed with wire insertion holes (49) at a bottom wall portion (47) thereof in opposition to the terminal accommodation chambers, the bottom wall portion having rubber plug reception recesses (48) at locations on an inside thereof in opposition to the wire insertion holes. A spacer (28) has a hollow trunk portion (40) fitted on the inner housing and adapted to be fitted in the outer housing together with the inner housing, and a bottom wall portion (43) thereof formed with wire leading cavities (44).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cabling arrangement for motorized vehicles and similar comprising a system for electrical power supply and a system of data transmission via a busbar (1) to which components signals are addressed separately using a multiplexing process. This arrangement has at least one busbar (1) with at least two power conductors (2, 3) for the supply of electrical power to components and at least two conductors (4) used by the busbar data transmission system (1). All the conductors (2,3,4) are in the form of metal strips and are separated one from another by insulating sheet material (5) and assembled in a laminated or “sandwich” structure, each component or a secondary busbar taking off control or power current from the busbar through their respective connectors.

Abstract: A multiple-port receptacle connector unit comprises two parallel insulative housings connected to each other at respective ends thereof via two bridge portions thus defining a space therebetween. Each insulative housing defines a mating port along a lengthwise direction thereof and comprises at least one row of surface mount contacts each of which has a contacting portion vertically exposing to the mating port and a soldering portion horizontally exposing to external from a bottom of the insulative housing.

Abstract: For the mechanical coding of parts which can be joined together, it is proposed that the parts be connected to, in each case, one of two coding elements which belong together, the said coding elements being constructed as a one-piece coding module and being held together by means of web-like connections, and the connectable parts being divided up, after being joined together, into two coded releasable parts.

Abstract: A lever-type electrical connector has connector housings and a lever rotatably mounted on a first connector housing. The lever has a cam track with an entrance end. A cam pin on the second connector housing enters the entrance end of the cam track when the connector housings are brought together with the lever in a waiting position, and by the interaction of the cam pin and the cam track, when thereafter the lever is rotated to a locking position, the connector housings are drawn together into a fully fitted conformation. At least one of the lever and the cam pin has an edge surface inclined with respect to the fitting direction whereby, when the lever is incorrectly located so that the pin is not received in the entrance end of said cam track, the lever and the pin interact at the inclined edge surface to prevent the lever from over-riding the pin.

Abstract: The present invention is for providing a connecting terminal enabling certain and easy connecting operation without losing durability. A connecting terminal of the invention comprises an electric wire caulking portion in the rear part and a plate spring-like elastic contact piece to be contacted with a counterpart conductor portion for electric connection, elongating from a front end fold back portion projecting from a terminal bottom plate in the front part, wherein the elastic contact piece and the front end fold back portion are provided continuously from a rising portion, linearly elongating from the front end of the terminal bottom plate forward and upward with a certain rising angle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for routing all external connection points of a double-sided edge connector of a circuit card to one side of a test tray suitable for testing with a bed of nails, “pogo pin” or similar type of load board for functional testing of said circuit card. A first embodiment of the apparatus includes a pivotally mounted or snap-in removable electrical and mechanical receptacle with a slot or socket suitable for holding a double-sided edge connector of a circuit card in a test tray. The receptacle pivots or is otherwise mounted in the test tray to allow the circuit card to lie co-planar with the test tray, thus providing perpendicular contact to the pins of a bed of nails load board. Another embodiment provides a fixed receptacle mounted vertically that routes all edge connector traces to the bottom surface of the test tray, again, suitable for engaging with a bed of nails-type test board.

Abstract: A multi-deck electric outlet assembly, which includes a base, a body mounted on the base, the body having a series of steps raised one above another at one side, and a landing at the topside thereof, the steps each having a sloping riser, multiple electric socket units respectively installed in the landing and the risers of the steps and respectively connected to a circuit board at the base, and a power cable inserted through a wire hole on the base and connected to the circuit board.