Abstract: An electrical connector is provided, which includes: a first housing having a discontinuous portion, an insulating main body received in the first housing, a shielding piece disposed in the insulating main body, two conductive terminal sets disposed on the insulating main body, a capping body covering the discontinuous portion, and a sealing body coupled with the first housing. By the design of the capping body, water vapor or moisture cannot seep through the discontinuous portion to enter the first housing.

Abstract: Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent.

Abstract: A compressible contact pin. The contact pin includes a first contact element and a second contact element. A compressible member is coupled between the first contact element and the second contact element to compress when one or more external forces are applied between the first contact element and the second contact element. In addition, the compressible member maintains a separation distance between the first and second contact elements when no external forces are applied. A plurality of conductive particles is bounded by the compressible member to form an electrical connection between the first contact element and the second contact element. The conductive particles are configured to compress with one another when the compressible member is compressed.

Abstract: A plug for an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising a plug body having plug contacts embedded in the plug body. The contacts being connectable with wires leading to the electrical circuit of a vehicle. The plug including one or more plug openings in a front face of the plug body surrounding the plug contacts for inserting contacts of a socket into the one or more plug openings providing an electrical connection between the contacts of the socket and the plug contacts. A plug protrusion extending from the plug body and placed such that a pawl protruding form an inner surface of a socket cover engages behind the plug protrusion when the plug is inserted into a plug-in opening of the socket.

Abstract: Patch cords include a cable having eight conductors that are twisted together to form four differential pairs of conductors and a plug that is attached to the cable. The plug includes a housing, a printed circuit board, and respective first through eighth plug contacts that are electrically connected to the respective first through eighth conductors via respective first through eighth conductive paths on the printed circuit board. The plug contacts are arranged in a row in numerical order. The plug includes a wire guide that has a top shelf that extends above the printed circuit board and a bottom shelf that extends below the printed circuit board. Two of the differential pairs are routed into respective first and second channels in the top shelf and the other two of the differential pairs are routed into respective third and fourth channels in the bottom shelf.

Abstract: An internally switched female receptacle or connector for use with IEC 60309-2 configuration plugs and the like. Various plug-latching and plug-actuated safety interlock arrangements coordinate strictly axial plug movement relative to the receptacle with the closing and opening of sleeve contacts and terminal pressure contacts. A continuous ground feature ensures grounding of the primary electrical circuit throughout plug insertion and withdrawal. An optional low-current lighting control circuit powers an LED status indicator. A modular clocking design enables variable angular positioning of the terminals during manufacture.

Abstract: A connection structure of a terminal fitting includes the terminal fitting including a terminal body, and a plurality of terminal connection portions extending from the terminal body and connection terminals connected to end portions of electric wires. Each of the connection terminals includes a pair of fastening caulking pieces which erects on opposite side portions of a terminal bottom portion. The pair of the fastening caulking pieces are caulked with opposite side portions of a corresponding one of the terminal connection portions from outside so that the connection terminal is caulked and fastened to the terminal fitting. Concave-convex engagement portions are provided in opposed surfaces in which the terminal connection portion and the terminal bottom portion abut against each other. The terminal fitting is connected to the electric wires through the connection terminals.

Abstract: A plugging structure applied to an electronic device for detachably electrically connecting to a main unit is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a housing. The plugging structure comprises a cover and a circuit board. The cover plate has two transfer ports, and two transmitting ports are listed in the cover. The circuit board is disposed between the cover and the housing, and the circuit board connects to these transmitting ports.

Abstract: A stamped hotline clamp having two parallel top side walls, two parallel bottom side walls, a hinge pin, a conductor plate, a saddle and an elongated metal shaft. The hinge pin pivotably connects the top side walls to the bottom side walls on one end. At the other end, a standoff separates and connects the top side walls and a contact plate connects the bottom side walls. The bottom side walls pivotably contact the saddle. The conductor plate extends between the top side walls and pivotably contacts the contact plate when the clamp is closed. The top end of the shaft is inserted through an opening in the saddle and threaded into an aperture in the conductor plate. Rotating the shaft in a clockwise direction closes the clamp and rotating the bottom end of the shaft in a counter-clockwise direction opens the clamp.

Abstract: A terminal fitting includes a wire connecting portion (11) to be connected to an end part of a wire. A terminal body (12) is provided in front of the wire connecting portion (11) and has a square cross-section. A projection (30) projects in a direction intersecting with a front-back direction from the terminal body (12). The projection (30) includes a standing wall portion (35) standing along a side surface of the terminal body (12) from a corner part of the terminal body (12), a front surface of the projection (30) is inclined to gradually reduce a projecting dimension toward front and a rear surface of the projection (30) is open in the front-back direction.

Abstract: An electrically connecting device includes an electrical connector and a mating connector detachably connected to the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulating base, a central terminal, an outer terminal, and a magnetic member, which are fixed in the insulating base. The outer terminal includes an annular contact having a center located at the central terminal. The mating connector includes an insulating body, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a mating magnetic member, which are fixed in the insulating body. When the electrical connector and the mating connector are relatively rotated along the central terminal in 360 degrees, the magnetic member and the mating magnetic member are configured to attract with each other to form an annularly magnetic region, so that the central terminal and the annular contact are maintained to respectively contact with the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: The building electrical wiring system includes a component box to attach to a wall frame, and a current plate configured to be mounted at a back of the component box having a plurality of receiving slots corresponding respectively to hot, neutral and ground. A component device, such as a switch, includes internal component circuitry terminating in a plurality of conductor stems to insert into a respective receiving slot of the current plate. An electrical jumper bar includes an insulated conductor extending between opposite ends which include a respective prong for each conductive path and configured to electrically couple the current plate to another current plate associated with another component device.

Abstract: A slip ring includes a dielectric carrier body having a circumferential lateral surface and radially oriented feed-through leads, a first conductive element, and a second conductive element. In a first section, the conductive elements extend in parallel at an axial offset on the lateral surface in the circumferential direction, and in a second section, they extend in the feed-through leads with a radial directional component. The first sections extend in the circumferential direction across a first angular dimension of less than 360°, so that a discontinuity is present along the circumferential direction of the conductive elements in a second angular dimension. The feed-through leads are arranged such that the second angular dimension of the first conductive element is situated at an offset from the second angular dimension of the second conductive element in the circumferential direction, the first and the second conductive elements being electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: An electronic device with a plug includes a casing, a connection member and a circuit board. The connection member is combined with the casing. The connection member includes a first surface, a second surface, at least two perforations and at least two insertion parts. The first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other. The at least two perforations run through the first surface and the second surface. The at least two insertion parts are fixed on the first surface, protruded externally from the first surface and aligned with the corresponding perforations. The circuit board is accommodated within an accommodation space of the casing, and includes at least two conducting terminals. The conducting terminals are penetrated through the corresponding perforations from the second surface of the connection member, received within the corresponding insertion parts and partially protruded out of the corresponding insertion parts.

Abstract: A multifiber connector comprising a rectangular-shaped ferrule having a plurality of fibers, alignment structure positioned on a front face of the ferrule, the alignment structure being at least one of alignment pins and pin-receiving holes, a housing defining a ferrule opening, the ferrule opening sized and shaped to accommodate disposition of the ferrule therein, wherein when disposed within the ferrule opening the ferrule extends forward from a front face of the housing; the housing having an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery is defined by at least a top wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls, each of the side walls defining a recess having a curved surface, each recess positioned at an intermediate point along the height of the first and second side walls, and a key on the outer periphery of the housing on at least one of the top wall and the bottom wall, the key being offset to one side of a centerline bisecting the connector into first and second side portions, wherein the key p

Abstract: A sleeve for a coaxial cable connector has, in one embodiment, ends, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured to mate with a coupler of the coaxial cable connector.

Abstract: A connector includes a switch, a button configured to move a card of the switch, a spring connected to the button, and a connection terminal connected to the switch. When another connector is inserted into the connector, the connection terminal contacts a connection terminal of the other connector, and when the other connector is further inserted, the button is pressed by the other connector to move the card to close the switch to allow electric power to be supplied from the connector to the other connector, and the spring has its locking part engaging with an engaging part of the housing of the connector. When the other connector is pulled off of the connector, the spring has its locking part disengaging from the engaging part to open the switch, with the connection terminals contacting each other, to interrupt the supply of electric power.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a terminal fitting (1) in which thick plating films can be formed on necessary parts without requiring particularly complicated plating. The terminal fitting (10) includes a tubular connecting portion (11) into which a mating male terminal (60) is insertable. The connecting portion (11) includes a plurality of resilient pieces (14) circumferentially divided via expanding slots (13) extending from a tip. Thick film portions (22) with a thicker plating film than in other parts are provided on inner surfaces of the plurality of resilient pieces (14) and contact areas (17) capable of contacting the male terminal (60) are provided on these thick film portions (22). The thick film portions (22) and the contact areas (17) are arranged continuously in a circumferential direction except at the positions of the expanding slots (13) on an inner surface of the connecting portion (11) near a tip.

Abstract: A bayonet type locking ring of a circular electrical connector. A first piece with the shape of a cylindrical ring extends from one end to the other. The first piece is made of thermoplastic material, and includes notches distributed over the internal face of the first piece adjacent to one end and a first ramp part on the internal face of the first piece. A second piece with the shape of a cylindrical ring, and includes notches distributed over its external face and a second ramp part on the internal cylindrical surface. The first piece and the second piece are assemblable such that the notches of the second piece fit in the notches of the first piece, and prevent the second piece from rotating in relation to the first piece. The second ramp part of the second piece complements the first ramp part of the first piece.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector has a housing, a terminal, and a moving plate. The housing has a mating connector receiving passageway and a raised portion formed inside the mating connector receiving passageway. The terminal is disposed in the housing and extends into the mating connector receiving passageway. The moving plate has a locking arm and an insertion hole into which the terminal is inserted. The moving plate is disposed in the mating connector receiving passageway and is movable between a front position in which a front end of the terminal is retracted inside the insertion hole and a rear position in which the terminal extends beyond the insertion hole. The raised portion abuts the locking arm and prevents deflection of the locking arm when the moving plate is located out of the front position.