Abstract: A computer (40) has one or more PC Card peripheral slot assemblies (41a, 41b). The peripheral slot assemblies (41a, 41b) have leads (60a, 60b) which connect in a substantially straight line from receptacles on the PCMCIA device (66) to a SMT connector (58) on a circuit board (64). Two PCMCIA peripheral slots (41a, 41b) can be mounted on either side of the circuit board (64) to reduce overall thickness in a notebook computer (40).

Abstract: In a low insertion force connector in which connector housings are mutually fitted to each other through a fitting guide member, the fitting guide member is constituted by a movable member and an operating member, the movable member being provided with cam slots and a cam follower, the operating member being provided with a driving cam slot for engaging with the cam follower, whereby cam projections formed on one of the connector housings are inserted in and engaged with the cam slots so as to push the operating member in the fitting direction to thereby move the movable member through the cam follower inserted in and engaged with the driving cam slot to make the connector housings fit to each other.

Abstract: A safety cap for an electrical outlet having an adhesive section can be attached to a standard outlet cover. Alternately an outlet cover including two slidable plates including a spring or spring groove can be used to prevent access to the outlet by a child. An elongated member on one plate is used to contact a spring on the other plate. Alternately, the elongated member can fit into a spring groove to bias the plates apart into the closed position. Locking pins can be used to lock the plates onto an aperture at the base of a plug's power prong. Additionally, a recess around each electrical outlet can mate with a respective lip of a plug to provide an interlocking interface between the plug and outlet cover to prevent a child from being able to insert a metal object between the plug and the face-plate.

Abstract: A connector device includes a housing, terminal accommodating chambers formed in the housing, the terminal accommodating chambers into which terminals are inserted, a front holder, for fixing the terminals, inserted into a front portion of the housing, and a drawing portion formed on the front holder, the drawing portion having an opening for engaging with a drawing tool, the opening having a pair of sloped guide surfaces for regulating the drawing tool in a predetermined direction, whereby the front holder can be drawn out smoothly.

Abstract: A spark plug cover includes a silicone elastomeric boot that includes a first portion for covering a spark plug terminal area and a second portion including a corrugated portion for covering a lead wire. A seal is provided at each end of the corrugated region. A ceramic shield covers a part of the elastomeric boot adjacent the spark plug terminal area. A recessed portion in the silicone elastomeric boot retains the ceramic shield, and a chamfered surface provided on the silicone elastomeric boot facilitates mounting the silicone elastomeric boot within the ceramic shield.

Abstract: A movable connector movably provisionally held by means of resilient arms onto an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, which has a connector portion held on a frame, a nut on a tubular wall of the frame to be engaged with a bolt on a fixed connector, and a primary resilient arm provided on the frame for provisionally engaging with a panel-opening, thus disengaging the primary arm from a panel portion by tightening the bolt, wherein the primary arm is provided on the tubular wall with a flexure-fulcrum of the primary arm being located on the side of the fixed connector and with an end portion of the primary arm being located on the side of the panel portion. The primary arm itself is located in a hole on the frame with an end side of the primary arm projecting over the hole. And, an inclined guide piece relative to the panel-opening is formed at the end portion of the primary arm.

Abstract: An IC socket capable of being used commonly with various ICs having different sizes is provided. Four insulation blocks 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D which may be assembled together into a generally rectangular framing are prepared. Contact arrays 11A, 11B, 11C and 11D of the IC socket to be contacted by the leads on the respective sides of a surface-mounted type IC are separately supported by the four insulation blocks, respectively. The four insulation blocks have positioning lugs 15 formed on the bottom surfaces thereof which are adapted to engage with mating through-holes 14 formed through the insulation substrate 13 to mount the four insulation blocks to the insulation substrate 13 in the form of a generally rectangular framing.

Abstract: An articulating connector assembly having a housing, a hub being carried in rotatable relation to the housing; and means for signal coupling between the housing and the hub. The signal coupling can consist of means such as optical coupling, inductive coupling, radio frequency coupling, capacitive coupling, and pressure wave coupling. In addition, the articulating connector assembly can further include power coupling which can be accomplished by siding contacts, inductively coupled coils, capacitively coupled electrodes, or optical transmitters and receivers on the hub and the housing. Furthermore, a method of efficiently transmitting and receiving signals between the housing and hub is provided. The method consists of (1) obtaining an input signal, by a signal driver, to produce a driven signal output; (2) coupling the driven signal output to produce a coupled signal; and (3) receiving the coupled signal, by a receiver, to produce an output signal.

Abstract: An IC socket in which a presser cover is closed with respect to a socket body, and a body or leads of an IC loaded in the socket body are pressed by an IC pressing member attached to the presser cover so as to be contacted under pressure with contacts of the socket body. The IC pressing member and the presser cover are attached together through a resiliently engageable resilient engagement mechanism.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a reduced DIP footprint for a power distribution system for a printed circuit board is provided. The electrical connector achieves a smaller footprint (with a correspondingly small area taken up on the printed circuit board) than is currently available for power distribution system connectors. The electrical connector has an electrically conductive body having an arcuate section with at least one contact terminal being integrally formed therewith and extending from a lower portion of a first side and a second side of the conductive body for attaching to the printed circuit board. The conductive body is retained in an electrically insulating housing by a latching element integrally formed therewith and extending outwardly therefrom on each side of the conductive body.

Abstract: To ensure insulation without increasing an insulating distance nor involving a molding process as well as to achieve the downsizing and easy production of an insulating structure, an insulating structure is provided for a shielded connector characterized in that a terminal is pressured onto conductors of an insulated core wire, so that the terminal is inserted within a terminal accommodating chamber; and that a shielding braid covering the insulated core wire is connected to a metallic shell inserted within and covering the terminal accommodating chamber. An annular insulator is fitted over the outer circumference of the insulated core wire between the terminal and the shielding braid.

Abstract: A short circuit connector has male and female connector housings 10,20, one of which has a short circuit terminal 30 and the other of which has an insertion member 16. In the disconnected state the short circuit terminal 30 electrically connects two terminals of one housing, whilst in the connected state the short circuit terminal 30 is disengaged by the insertion member 16. The insertion member does not directly separate the contact area of the terminals. In a second aspect the connector includes a retainer 117 which has retention projections 124,127 engageable in the chamber of the short circuit terminal; separate engagement recesses are thereby avoided.

Abstract: An auto-termination single jack BNC connector including a metal casing, a front insulating socket, a rear insulating socket, a signal terminal, and a circuit termination terminal, wherein the circuit termination terminal is disposed in contact with the signal terminal to terminate the circuit when the auto-termination single jack BNC connector is not connected with a BNC plug; the circuit termination terminal is disconnected from the signal terminal when a BNC plug is connected to the auto-termination single jack BNC connector for signal transmission through the signal terminal.

Abstract: There are two alternatives to a board-to-board connector. One alternative includes a first connector and a second connector. The assembly of the first connector and the second connector is capable of electrically connecting a hard circuit board to another hard circuit board. The other alternative includes the first connector and a cap. The assembly of the cap and the first connector is capable of electrically connecting a flexible circuit board to a hard circuit board.

Abstract: In an adapter with a support having a contacting device for electrically connecting the electrical contacts of an electronic component mounted on a board with a test device, the contacting device is formed by a contact-overlapping electrical connector with grid-shaped lead segments. The support has at least one opening for a releasable mechanical connection with the electronic component or with the board.

Abstract: A distribution block for telecommunication and data transmission applications, in particular for the main distribution frame of telephone and data lines. The distribution block includes insulation displacement contact elements for the connection of the subscriber cables as well as of the exchange office cables. One-piece contact springs are disposed in the interior of the modular-design distribution block. A mounting bracket, in particular for receiving distribution blocks is provided including a U-shaped tub. A device for guiding cables is rotatably moved in a partial section, and with cable guide portions. A reduction in size, an improvement of connection tasks, the individual protection of double wires, a reliable grounding and a cable guiding which is substantially resistant to buckling and bending are secured, is achieved by that one-piece contact springs disposed in the interior of distribution block.

Abstract: A telecommunications electric circuit having a low return loss and low crosstalk is adapted for use with unshielded twisted pairs of connecting wires. The circuit includes a pair of elongated circuit conductors parallel to each other over a substantial portion of their respective lengths. Each circuit conductor being a trace having a uniform width over a substantial portion of the length of the trace. Each circuit conductor trace having a width equal to the width of the other trace of the pair. Each of the circuit conductor traces has a uniform thickness. The circuit conductor traces are spaced apart a uniform distance which distance is determined from the center of each trace to the center of the other trace. The uniform distance being no greater than twice the width of one of said traces. A compensation trace is spaced from, parallel to and aligned with a portion of each of the respective circuit conductors.

Abstract: An electrical contact has a metal housing with a threaded bore opening at one end into a circular well. A plated contact pad has a threaded stem screwed into the bore and a circular pad member recessed in the well. The pad member has several cut-outs around its edge, which are engageable by projections on a cooperating tool by which the contact can be inserted and removed from the housing. Contact to the housing is made by a conductor secured to the housing by means of a bolt inserted in the rear end of the bore.

Abstract: A coaxial connector mounts directly to a planar substrate of a circuit module and is oriented perpendicularly to the substrate. A radially symmetric coaxial structure, maintained through a conductive bore in the substrate provides a good impedance match to a planar transmission line on the substrate. A flange of the coaxial connector provides the mating surface to the substrate. A nipple formed on the flange fits in the conductive bore, aligning the center conductor in the conductive bore and maintaining the coaxial structure. A bond connects the center conductor to a microstrip transmission line on the top of the substrate. In a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, a threaded flange receives a threaded coaxial bead to form the coaxial connector. In a second preferred embodiment a coaxial cable is soldered into a smooth flange to form a coaxial connector. In a third preferred embodiment a coaxial bead and a flange are integrated to form the coaxial connector.

Abstract: An interconnection system comprises a circuit board having signal conductors for carrying electrical signals. The circuit board includes a plurality of contact pads coupled to each one of said signal conductors. An elastomeric compression interconnect is releasably disposed next to the contact pads of the circuit board. The elastomeric compression interconnect includes a composite material having magnetic, electrically conductive substantially spherical particles disposed in a nonconductive matrix material adapted to align into mutually isolated conductive chains. A radio frequency flex circuit is also releasably disposed next to the elastomeric compression interconnect. The flex circuit is made of a dielectric material and a bonding material exhibiting substantially low signal loss.