Abstract: A lamp holding unit includes a coupling terminal and a main body. The coupling terminal includes a coupling plate extended in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of a lamp. The coupling plate has a cutout portion to receive a lead line of the lamp so that the cutout portion of the coupling plate making contact with the lead line. The main body is coupled with the coupling terminal and guiding the lamp. Therefore, an electrical connection between the lamp holding unit and the lead line of the lamp is stabilized, so that noise or spark caused by mal-connection is prevented.

Abstract: Provided is a power generator, including a plurality of wind power generators generating electrical power using wind power energy, and variable-speed wind power generators (20a, 20b) connected between the power generator and an electrical power system. The variable-speed wind power generators (20a, 20b) equalize an output of the entire power generating system by outputting power for correcting for a drop in output of the power generator.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus may include a camera module having a camera body with an imaging optical system, an image sensing element, a signal processor, a substrate, and connection pieces formed on the substrate; and a socket on which the camera module is mounted. The socket may include an insulating socket body acceptable the camera module and having a bottom wall, four side walls, and connection terminals. The side wall may have an elastic piece for elastically supporting the camera module inside the four side walls while securing spaces to the four side walls and the connection pieces may be connected to the connection terminals. The elastic piece may be elastically deformable in the thickness direction of the side wall and an elastic deformation notched portion may be formed on the side wall corresponding to the elastic piece for the elastic piece in elastically.

Abstract: An improved structure for a USB bluetooth wireless connector includes a circuit board, a body, and a housing. The circuit board includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The body includes an upper board and a lower bracket, and that the circuit board is interposed between the upper board and the lower bracket. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces. The body is provided with at least one anchoring hole; and the housing is provided with at least one engaging portion for engaging and securing together the body and the housing. A plurality of connecting terminals are integrally arranged on the circuit board so as to greatly reduce volume of the USB bluetooth wireless device and to lower the possibility of damage on the device or USB receptacle due to impact thereon.

Abstract: A system for controlling a grid connected power generating system is provided. The system includes a wind turbine, a converter, a first controller and a second controller. The wind turbine supplies electrical power to a power grid and the converter couples the wind turbine to the power grid. The first controller calculates voltage commands to emulate a phasor back electromotive force behind an inductance. The controller further generates converter switching commands from the voltage commands. The voltage commands include a voltage magnitude reference and an internal frequency reference calculated from a power imbalance between an active power reference and the electrical power. The second controller is used to limit a converter current.

Abstract: A cable connecting terminal has a conductive column in a terminal box, a plurality of plurality of steel elastic sheets around the conductive column, and arc slots on the conductive column corresponding to the plurality of steel elastic sheets. A conductive end of the cable inserted into the terminal box through the first or second cable hole, the conductive end of the cable is pressed by the pressing portions of the plurality of steel elastic sheets and tightly contacts the arc slot of the conductive column and is secured by the one-way securing portions of the plurality of steel elastic sheets.

Abstract: A method of controlling the output power from a wind energy installation to a utility grid having a specified nominal frequency is provided, in which the output power is controlled depending on the actual grid frequency in the utility grid such that the output power is reduced when the grid frequency exceeds a predetermined value. The predetermined value is at most two per mill higher than the nominal frequency of the grid and the output power is reduced as soon as any increase of the grid frequency above the predetermined value is detected.

Abstract: A busbar assembly for electrically coupling first and second busbars to first and second contacts, respectively, on a power module is provided. The assembly comprises a first terminal integrally formed with the first busbar, a second terminal integrally formed with the second busbar and overlapping the first terminal, a first bridge electrode having a first tab electrically coupled to the first terminal and overlapping the first and second terminals, and a second tab electrically coupled to the first contact, a second bridge electrode having a third tab electrically coupled to the second terminal, and overlapping the first and second terminals and the first tab, and a fourth tab electrically coupled to the second contact, and a fastener configured to couple the first tab to the first terminal, and the third tab to the second terminal.

Abstract: A lamp assembly (100) includes a lamp base (3) having a peripheral wall (31) and a rear wall (32) connecting to the peripheral wall to form a socket (30) with a front opening, with a cable passage (321) recessed forwardly from a back surface of the rear wall and communicated with the socket, a cavity (37) defined in the rear wall and further communicated with the cable passage (321), and a engaging member (371) located in a lower portion of the cavity and proximate to the cable passage; at least a cable (4) inserted into the cable passage, with the engaging member (371) deformed to lock therein so as to prevent the cable sliding out of the cable passage; a lamp bulb (1) partially received in the socket of the base, with a pair of legs (13) thereof extending into the socket and contacting conductors of the cable.

Abstract: A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion located within the insulated portion of the larger conductor. The two conductors are joined by a discontinuous metal band having respective ends extending across a top portion of the insulated portion of the larger conductor to make electrical contact with the uninsulated portion of the smaller conductor, then bending downward on one side of the conductor pair and then upward and through the insulated portion of the larger conductor such that a first of the ends of the metal band is positioned in contact with the conductive portion of the larger conductor; the metal band bending downward on the opposite side of the conductor pair and then upward and through the insulated portion of the larger conductor such that a second of the ends of the metal band is positioned in contact with the conductive portion of the larger conductor.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from a front face of the base portion, a plurality of terminals and a pair of detecting pins having a moveable pin and an immoveable pin. Each terminal defines a contacting portion located on the bottom face of the tongue portion and a solder leg extending towards a bottom face of the base portion. The two pins respectively define a contacting section spaced from and mating with each other and a leg section spaced from each other. The moveable pin defines an arc section projecting forwards beyond the front face of the tongue portion.

Abstract: A connecting assembly for an end of a coaxial cable and having a first element, that is turned around a first axis in a first rotational direction to progressively tighten the first element to a connector, and a housing. The connecting assembly further has: a) an axially elongated first groove in one component; and b) an axially elongated first finger on a second component that resides within the first groove with the connecting assembly in a first state. With the connecting assembly in the first state, turning of the housing in the first rotational direction causes the first finger to cause driving of the first element with a torque up to a predetermined torque. Continued turning of the housing with a torque exceeding the predetermined torque causes reconfiguration of the connecting assembly in a manner whereby the first finger moves circumferentially out of the first groove.

Abstract: A pluggable module for mating with a receptacle connector of a host device. The pluggable module includes a housing having a front and a rear, a circuit board held by the housing that includes a mating edge and a plurality of contact pads arranged at the mating edge, and a straddle mount connector coupled to the mating edge of the circuit board. The straddle mount connector includes a plurality of contacts engaging corresponding contact pads. The contacts extend between a termination end coupled to the contact pads and a mating end configured to engage corresponding contacts of the receptacle connector. The straddle mount connector also includes a dielectric connector body having a platform for supporting the contacts. The platform includes a plurality of dividers between each of the contacts, where the dividers define a plurality of channels that receive the contacts. The dividers extend from the platform beyond the contacts such that the contacts are recessed below an outer surface of the dividers.

Abstract: A connector provides convenience of identifying a network cable connected to the connector. A label with information of the network cable can be put on a connection portion which is mounted to a main body of the connector or be tied to a grommet of the connector.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a wind power installation having a support structure for the stator of a ring generator, wherein the support structure has a plurality of support arms. The object of the present invention is to reduce the sound emissions emanating from a wind power installation as set forth in the classifying portion of the claim. A wind power installation having a generator, preferably a ring generator, comprising a rotor and a stator which has a mounting means for stator windings, wherein the stator is held by a support structure which has a plurality of support arms and wherein an odd number of support arms are provided and/or the support arms are irregularly spaced.

Abstract: A card edge connector and a card edge assembly that utilizes the individual card end connectors are disclosed. The card edge connectors have slotted insulation displacement terminals to connect to wires. Each electrical connector has a housing with first mounting project extends from a first sidewall of the housing and a mounting recess extends from an oppositely facing second sidewall. The mounting projection is dimensioned to be received in the mounting recess of a second electrical connector, thereby allowing the connectors to be mounted to each other. This type of connector assembly allows the connector assembly to be built according to the needs of the end user. This modular aspect of the connector assembly adds flexibility while reducing the overall cost of manufacture. In addition, the use of the slotted insulation displacement terminals further enhances the flexibility of the connector assembly, as various wiring schemes can be effectively and cost efficiently utilized.

Abstract: A communications connector includes an electrically non-conductive connector body having a terminal face. A plurality of connector terminals are positioned on the terminal face and arranged in a plurality of Tip/Ring terminal pairs, which are positioned substantially linearly with each other along the terminal face and arranged in alternating vertical and horizontal orientation of Tip/Ring terminal pairs and spaced to each other such that crosstalk among the Tip/Ring terminal pairs is cancelled.

Abstract: A lever lock type connector includes a pair of outer housings including connecting terminals for an electrical connection, the pair of outer housings being joined each other by a rotating operation of a rotating lever in a state that the rotating lever rotatably supported by one of the pair of outer housings is engaged with an engaging portion of an other of the pair of outer housings, and a locking member that is provided on the one of the pair of outer housings and movable towards a sidewall of the other of the pair of outer housings. The locking member is adapted to move towards the sidewall of the other of the pair of outer housings in conjunction with the rotating operation of the rotating lever so as to contact the sidewall of the other of the pair of outer housings.

Abstract: A USB cap cover has a conventional main body with an opening to engage the USB connector of a USB storage device. The USB cap of the present invention also contains an extension element that extends from at least one side of the open end of the USB cap. The extension element extends along and is relatively parallel to the surface of the USB storage device package. The surface of the extension member can be used to display information.

Abstract: A card mounting apparatus 10 comprises a housing 3 having a card chamber 3f into which a card is inserted through an opening and a card holder 12 having a card facing surface and accommodated in the card chamber so as to be moved forward to be outside of the housing and backward to be inside of the housing. The housing has projected parts projecting into the card chamber from an inner wall of the card chamber, and the card holder has a pull tab exposed through the opening of the housing on one end and a card engagement part 12c contacting with the card by a forward movement of the card holder and moving the card forward on the other end opposite to the end with the pull tab. The housing also has a guide 12e extending in a direction of the forward and backward movements of the card holder on a surface opposite to the facing surface, and the projected parts of the housing engage with the guide and guide the forward and backward movements of the card holder.