Abstract: In a cable connector used for connecting cables (23, 24) having a plurality of wires, cable-side insulators (26, 27) each arraying and retaining the wires in one plane are made attachable/detachable relative to a base insulator (13) retaining contacts. The cable-side insulators connect the wires to the contacts when attached to the base insulator. The base insulator has a pair of base guide portions (15) extending while confronting each other. The cable-side insulators each have a pair of cover guide portions (45) of which movement is guided by the base guide portions. At least either of the base guide portions and the cover guide portions have projection portions that bring both of them mutually into a press-fitted relation in a cable connected state.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high density electrical connector which can provide 80 or more twinax connections per linear inch in a 20 millimeter card slot. In a typical electronic system package, 20 millimeters is the spacing from center line to center line of the adjacent parallel daughtercards. Twinax cable is coaxial cable that contains two .inner conducting wires rather than one. The two inner conducting wires provide two physical channels. Coaxial cable is called “coaxial” because it includes one physical channel that carries the signal surrounded (after a layer of insulation) by another concentric physical channel, both running along the same axis. The outer channel serves as ground.

Abstract: A connector includes a body and a terminal. The body has an interior hollow for the terminal to fit therein and an outer surface provided with plural axial projecting ridges. The interior hollow has a large diameter portion, a medium diameter portion and a small diameter portion. The terminal is made of a metal, having an insulating tubular member, a large annular wall in an intermediate portion and a small annular wall behind the large annular wall, and the large annular wall fits in the medium diameter portion of the interior hollow of the body, and the small annular wall fits in the small diameter portion. So the terminal may be combined with the body stably.

Abstract: A high performance, high capacitance gain, electric connector for data transfer applications. At least eight sequentially positioned elongate contact members are connected in a series of signal pairs. A first signal pair includes a fourth contact member and a fifth contact member. A second signal pair includes a third contact member and a sixth contact member. In addition, a third signal pair comprises a first contact member and a second contact member. Finally, a seventh and an eighth contact member are in a fourth signal pair. One member of each contact member pair is configured differently from the other member of the pair, the respective contact members being oriented relative to one another such that they substantially remain in generally parallel planes, but define non-parallel paths. Each of the third and fifth contact members mounts a plate-like extension oriented in a first direction and in respective planes generally parallel to one another.

Abstract: A modular communications socket has a chassis, a main circuit board and a socket block. The chassis has a front and a rear. The main circuit board is mounted on the chassis near the rear of the chassis and electrically connects to the other circuit board. The socket block is mounted on the chassis near the front and has a contact assembly and a secondary circuit board. The secondary circuit board is mounted on the socket block and electrically connects to the main circuit board. The contact assembly is mounted in the socket block and electrically connects to the secondary circuit board. The circuits on the circuit boards connect the contact assembly simply to circuit board in the parent equipment through the main and secondary circuit boards.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-speed connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector (24) having a first non-conductive housing (51) for mounting on a printed circuit board (28) and including a mating receptacle (54). A plurality of board terminals (52) are mounted on the first housing and have tail portions (62) for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the circuit board and contact portions (58,58a) extending into the mating receptacle. A plug connector (22) has a second non-conductive housing (30) including a mating plug portion (30b) for insertion into the mating receptacle of the receptacle connector. A plurality of signal terminals (32) are mounted on the second housing and have contact portions (32b) on the mating plug portion thereof for engaging the contact portions of the board terminals in the mating receptacle when the connectors are mated. The signal terminals include terminating portions (32a) for termination to a plurality of discrete signal conductors (26a).

Abstract: A wiring system for distributing three-phase power from a three-phase power supply is provided. The wiring system includes a power distribution cable assembly and a load cable assembly. The power distribution assembly comprises a first power connector head and a second power connector head operatively connected to the respective ends of a length of power cable such that the connection of the power conductors of the respective power terminals disposed in fixed arrays in the respective connector heads is switched. The load cable assembly has a load connector head connected to an end of a load cable. The load connector head has a fixed array of terminals that includes three terminals selected from a group consisting of a first power terminal, a second power terminal, a third power terminal, a neutral terminal, and a ground terminal.

Abstract: An electrical contact that is particularly suitable for use in high speed, grid array connectors is disclosed. The contact includes a retention member extending along a length thereof. The retention member is adapted to retain the contact within a connector base and to deform upon insertion of the contact into the base to cause a generally straight edge to be formed along a portion of the contact that includes the length along which the retention member extends. Thus, a generally uniform impedance profile may be created between adjacent contacts along the respective portions that are inserted into the connector base.

Abstract: A bifurcated conductive pad positioned on an electrical mating component, such as a circuit card, a contact portion of a cable assembly, or the like, having a main body and a mating edge. The bifurcated conductive pad receives a mating element having a built-up charge. The conductive pad comprises an initial contact portion and a final contact portion. The initial contact portion is configured to receive the mating element before the final contact portion receives the mating element, and wherein at least one of the initial and final contact portions is grounded so that the final contact portion receives a reduced amount of the built-up charge.

Abstract: A SIM card connector includes a housing base and a card ejection mechanism. The housing base has a pair of sidewalls, a front notch and a rear notch recessed in the sidewall. The card ejection mechanism includes a cover slidably mounted on the housing base to form a receiving cavity for receiving a SIM card. The cover has a pair of side panels to enclose the sidewalls. According to an aspect of the invention, the side panel defines a sliding slot. The sidewall forms a locating block received in the sliding slot to guide the sliding of the cover and prevent the cover from further sliding when the locating block engages with the ends of the sliding slot. According to another aspect of the invention, the front and rear ends of the housing base respectively form a stopping bar and a stopping block to prevent the cover from further sliding.

Abstract: A system for filing applications with an institution from a plurality of remote sites, and for automatically processing said applications in response to each applicant's credit rating obtained from a credit reporting service comprising a series of self-service terminals remotely linked via a telephone line to a first computer at the institution and to a second computer at the credit reporting service headquarters. Each remote terminal comprises a video screen and a video memory which holds image-and-sound-generating information arranged to simulate the aspect and speech of an application loan officer on the video screen. The simulated loan officer is used to acquire loan request data from the applicant by guiding him through an interactive sequence of inquiries and answers.

Abstract: A coaxial connector has improved grounding capacity for high frequency waves and improved resistance against the peeling off of grounding terminals from ground pads and ground pads that mount the coaxial connectors and that have improved resistance against the peeling off of the ground pads from the circuit board. In the coaxial connector, corners 21a of ground terminals 21 that ground on ground pads 30 installed on circuit board 3 are characterized in that they are obtusely beveled or rounded, and the ground pad 30 that mounts the coaxial connector 1 is characterized in that it has a substantially square or U shape.

Abstract: An electronic card connector capable of driving both sides of an electronic card to extract the electronic card. The electronic card connector includes a main body formed with an insertion socket. A terminal seat being disposed at front end of the insertion socket. A first and a second slide members respectively slidably disposed on a first and a second sides of the insertion socket. The first and second slide members serving to respectively abut against a first and a second side of an electronic card inserted in the insertion socket, a spring being hooked between each of the first and second slide members and the main body. A locating unit disposed between each of the first and second slide members and the main body. In the card-retreating operation, the first and second slide members are synchronously driven and retreated by the springs to push two sides of the electronic card.

Abstract: A slip ring assembly for allowing electrical or electronic signal transfer between a stationary device and a rotating device includes a ring assembly and a brush assembly. The ring assembly comprises a plurality of assembled rings and spacers of selected widths positioned on a longitudinal tube having a slot and a hollow center. The tube may be provided with one or more bearings to allow the tube to be smoothly rotatable in a housing. A plurality of brushes unitarily formed with a plurality of connector pins are held by a brush holder which is removably received in the housing. The connector pins are configured to receive a standard male or female connector. The housing is typically incorporated into a body of a stationary device, and the tube may be attached to or incorporated into a rotating component of an electronic or electrical device.

Abstract: A bulkhead connector for connecting to a transmission line comprising a rear portion mounted within an opening in a bulkhead with a first end including first and second threads on a first side of the bulkhead and a second end extending through the opening to a second opposing side of the bulkhead. A front connector body and a front shell assembly are threadably attached to the rear portion with an insulator sleeve positioned between them. The front shell assembly includes a front shell with threads for attaching to the rear portion and a center conductor mounted within an insulator. The insulator is mounted within a central opening of the front shell and electrically isolates the center conductor from the front shell. The second end of the rear portion including threads received within the opening in the bulkhead.

Abstract: A kit for marking a predetermined position of at least one wire connected to an electronic device includes at least one male plug that has an elongated prong section integral with the body. The prong section includes an end portion spaced forwardly of the body and is removably positionable into an input jack of an electronic device. The rear end portion of the body has indicia thereon unique to a select input jack. The kit further includes at least one female plug that has a groove formed therein and extends along the longitudinal axis thereof for receiving a male end portion of a wire when removed from an input jack. The body further has a visible front end portion provided with indicia thereon wherein the front end portion indicia of the female plug corresponds to the rear end portion indicia of the male plug so that a user can identify a select input jack for receiving a corresponding wire.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a housing, a circuit board, harness terminals, and contact terminals. The housing has a hole and a lid. The circuit board is detachably disposed in the hole. If the circuit board is broken down, the lid is opened and the circuit board is removed from the hole. A new circuit board is then disposed on the terminals in the hole. The lid is closed so that the terminals are elastically deformed and the electrodes of the circuit board are electrically connected to the terminals.

Abstract: A contact assembly has a dielectric mounting block having inner and outer faces, and a conductive contact unitarily formed of elastically deformable metal. The contact has a center web set in the block, an inner leg extending from the web past the inner face and elastically deflectable toward the inner face and toward the center web, and an outer leg extending from web and elastically deflectable from an outer position spaced well outward of the outer face and spaced from the web to an inner position extending at least partially inward past the web.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-speed electrical interconnection system designed to overcome the drawbacks of conventional interconnection systems. That is, the present invention provides an electrical connector capable of handling high-speed signals effectively.