Abstract: A personal computer memory card international association card connector assembly, comprising a connector panel having a place for receiving a personal computer memory card international association card of type 3, plural pins to be connected electrically to personal computer memory card international association cards of type 1 to type 3, a groove for fixing a screw, and a protection cover having a shorter internal width than the electrical connection base of a personal computer memory card international association card, to prevent a personal computer memory card international association card of type 1 or type 2 from being incorrectly inserted into the space above a connector supporting every kind of personal computer memory card international association cards of type 1 to 3.

Abstract: A rotary connector wherein a free rotation between both housings can be locked or unlocked in a simple manner. A holding member is formed integrally with a first housing through a thin-walled portion, while engaging projections are formed integrally with a second housing, and at the rotary connector manufacturing stage, by aligning both housings exactly with each other and thereafter inserting a tapping screw threadedly into a support portion of the holding member, the tapping screw can be brought into abutment with both engaging projections. Further, at the time of mounting the rotary connector into a steering system, a free rotation between both housings is ensured by cutting the holding member at the thin-walled portion.

Abstract: A connector for a medical sensor is provided. The connector includes a number of contacts, and includes an electronic device for encoding a characteristic of the medical sensor. The electronic device is insertable into the connector. This simplifies the design of a sensor, which no longer needs to include a calibration element. In addition, the sensor can be made more cheaply, which is especially important for disposable sensors.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector system and methods for attaching a first and second connector. Each connector includes an elongate connector body and a coupling nut rotatably coupled about the connector body. Each coupling nut includes a center plate and a pair of latch arms, with each arm having a groove therein to define a tooth at a distal end of each arm. The arms are substantially parallel to the connector body. Each connector further includes at least one resilient member which resists movement of the arms away from their parallel orientation relative to the elongate body. The first and second connectors may be connected by abutting the connector bodies and rotating the coupling nuts so that the grooves and teeth of corresponding arms mate with each other.

Abstract: A crimp terminal is adapted for terminating a magnet wire. The terminal includes a wire-receiving barrel defining a longitudinal axis. At least one serration extends axially of the barrel and defines an interior longitudinal edge for piercing the wire coating and engaging the conductor upon crimping the barrel onto the wire. Preferably, a plurality of the axially extending serrations define a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinal edges around the interior surface of the barrel. A plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced serrations may be disposed between at least some of the axially extending serrations.

Abstract: An electrical pin contact (10) having a wire insulation gripping section (11), a wire conductor gripping section (12), a transition section (14), a shank section (16), a retention section (20), and a pin contact section (30). The retention section (20) includes a shoulder (26) with latching projections (26a) formed thereon for engagement with a latching arm of a connector housing when the pin contact (10) has been inserted therein. Latching projections (26a) are formed by seams in the shoulder (26). Projections (26a) will increase the frictional retention of contact (10) in an electrical connector housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a printed circuit board having a housing and a combined electrical contact and housing mount assembly. The assembly has a first member and a second member. The first member passes through the housing. A ledge on the first member is located on a ledge of the housing. The second member is connected to the second member such that they can sandwich a portion of the printed circuit board therebetween. The bottom of the first member extends past a bottom portion of the housing to make electrical contact with a contact pad on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electric connector including a housing, at least one terminal reception chamber formed in the housing for receiving a terminal, a flexible member provided in the terminal reception chamber so as to serve as a primary locking portion which permits only insertion of the terminal and which engages with a primary engagement portion formed on the terminal to thereby lock the terminal from coming off, a retainer fitted to a fitting groove formed in an upper surface of the housing, and a secondary locking portion formed in the retainer and having a locking piece which is arranged so as to project into the terminal reception chamber when the retainer is fitted to the housing and engage with a secondary engagement portion of the terminal to thereby lock the terminal from coming off, wherein the fitting groove is provided so as to extend to a side wall surface of the terminal reception chamber which is located on at least one side portion of the housing; and the secondary engagement portion has a pair of engagement

Abstract: An electrical connector with a housing and a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly has a contact and a contact mount. Both the contact and the contact mount are generally tubular shaped. The contact mount surrounds a substantial portion of the contact and has tabs that are bent into a slot in the contact to fixedly and stationarily attach the contact mount to the contact. A front end of the contact mount has a latch that latches behind a portion of the housing. A rear end of the contact mount has a stabilizer cone that circumferentially contacts the housing to stabilize the assembly inside the housing.

Abstract: A stopping plug includes a body portion to be inserted into a terminal receiving chamber, and a pair of flexible arms formed integrally with the body portion and disposed on inner walls of the terminal receiving chamber which are opposite to each other, a width of the body portion being set to be shorter than a distance between respective outer sides of the pair of flexible arms, the distance between the respective outer sides of the pair of flexible arms being set to be shorter than a distance between the inner walls in opposition to each other of the terminal receiving chamber. The stopping plug includes an abutment wall formed at a front end of the stopping plug in a direction of insertion so as to come into contact with the lance, and other abutment surfaces formed on a rear end of the plug so as to come into contact with guide slopes formed on hole walls of mate-terminal insertion hole formed through the terminal receiving chamber.

Abstract: A rotary connector device in which a flexible cable is maintained in parallel with the wall of a housing even if the supporting member is deformed, thereby reducing noise from the flexible cable and deterioration of the durability of the cable. Projections, which are crushed upon assemblage, are provided for absorbing an assemblage tolerance. The flexible cable is received spirally within the space formed between a rotor housing and a stator housing. A terminal is electrically connected to conductive wires exposed from the flexible cable and formed with the supporting member in a body. The supporting member has a connector section and a cable connecting section supported by the connector section as a cantilever. The cable connecting section is connected to each of the housings, and the connector section is connected to the cable connecting section through a predetermined gap.

Abstract: A structure of a connector arrangement for vehicles has a male and a female connector (3, 5, 10, 11) one (10, 11) of which is attached to a vehicle body and the other (3, 5) is wired within an instrument panel, and fixing bolts (16, 17) for regularly fitting the male and female connectors to each other. The connector (10, 11) is upwardly and downwardly, rightwardly and leftwardly displaceably supported a fixed frame (24e) as a bracket disposed on a steering member (24) through a floating case (25), etc. The connector (3, 5) is mounted in position where the connector (3, 5) can be temporarily fitted into the connector (10, 11) attached to the vehicle body, at the time the steering member (24) is mounted on a vehicle body panel (7).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a plurality of generally parallel elongated terminal-receiving cavities. An opening is formed in a side wall of the housing intersecting the cavities and communicating therewith. A plurality of elongated terminals are insertable into the cavities. Each terminal includes a latching projection. A terminal retainer is positionable in the opening in a direction transverse to the cavities. The retainer includes a plurality of elongated ribs projecting into the cavities and engaging the elongated terminals. At least certain ends of the elongated ribs include camming surfaces for engaging the latching projections on the terminals and moving the terminals to fully inserted positions in the event that the terminals are in only partially inserted positions.

Abstract: A connection device that is modular and has large clearance and that is constituted by two insulating casings (1 and 2) installed through a partition, a first casing (1) being mounted on a movable partition (3) and the other casing (2) being mounted on a fixed partition (4). The first casing (1) has at least one conductive pin (5) and the second casing (2) has at least one contact receptacle (6) of a shape corresponding to that of the conductive pin (5). The conductive pin (5) and the contact receptacle (6) are mounted on the partitions (3 and 4) only for limited elastically opposed pivotal movement relative to the partitions (3 and 4).

Abstract: A boot on an ignition lead is gripped by a holder which is received in a tubular stem. The position of the holder relative to the stem can be adjusted to adapt the assembly for use in different engines.

Abstract: A test socket for integrated circuits includes a lid having a pressure pad which may move independently of the lid. The pressure pad is operated by a lever creating a large mechanical advantage and is provided to apply a large normal force to an integrated circuit in the test socket after the lid is closed to ensure good electrical contact between the integrated circuit device and the contact pins of the test socket.

Abstract: A holder-containing type connector according to the present invention is composed in such a manner that it comprises a connector housing having a resilient locking lance for locking a terminal inserted therein, and a holder having a deflection prohibiting member which can move into a deflection absorbing space for allowing the resilient locking lance to deflect therein, and insertable into the connector housing, wherein the holder is composed of: a pair of mutually facing plates each having the deflection prohibiting member, which pair of plates being connected by a pair of resilient sections, and urged thereby in the direction parting from each other, and the connector housing comprises: a pair of first and second guide walls each abutting against an external surface of each of the pair of plates, wherein a distance between the pair of plates is made longer than that between the guide walls.

Abstract: A right angled header connector assembly including a main housing having a circuit board connecting face from which respective circuit board connecting portions protrude horizontally rearward and forward therefrom for reflow soldering to the circuit board and a transverse mating face. A subhousing is releasably attachable to the main housing to extend forward at the mating face surrounding the mating portions of the contact elements and in adjacent covering relation to the forward protruding circuit board connecting portions subsequent to the reflow soldering step. Release of the subhousing from the mating face, enables access to the forward protruding circuit board connecting portions for the reflow soldering step, unimpeded by said subhousing.

Abstract: A connector with a cover used for connecting wires to a printed circuit board or the like, in which an incompletely-inserted condition of a terminal received in a housing can be perfectly detected. A cover-holding rib is formed on an upper surface of a housing body, and a cover, having an engagement groove in which the rib is fitted, is slidably mounted on an upper portion of the housing body. When the cover is opened to be received in a retainer fitted on the housing body, contact piece portions of terminals are exposed from the housing body.

Abstract: An electrical connection device between a handle and a steering column for a vehicle includes a rotor, a housing for rotatably supporting the rotor and a flexible flat cable accommodated in an annular space defined by the rotor and the housing. The rotor is provided on an outer periphery thereof with a resinous C-ring of which frictional coefficient is smaller than that of the rotor. Consequently, when the rotor rotates with respect to the housing, the sliding resistance of the rotor rotating can be reduced by the C-ring, so that the sliding-noise can be reduced.