Abstract: A high current electrical socket connector has a resilient metal contact strip which is rolled into a split tube and fitted inside a barrel terminal. The contact strip has a plurality of vanes which are shaped to resiliently support and retain the contact strip in the barrel terminal while providing low pressure, large contact areas for engaging the cylindrical contact surface of a mating electrical plug connector.

Abstract: A shock and vibration resistant electrical connector for making an electrical connection between at least two contacts, comprising a driver assembly which comprises a driver (preferably of heat-recoverable metal) which is capable of shrinking radially inwardly and of exerting a radially inward force, the assembly having two internal surfaces of insulating material which face one another and which are forced towards one another when the driver shrinks; and electrical contacts on the surfaces.

Abstract: A sealed electrical connection comprises a socket connector and an electrical connector plug assembly which includes a plurality of cable termination assemblies. The cable termination assemblies, which include either a conductive elastomeric terminal or a sheet metal terminal in an insulator housing, are put together by arranging an axially projecting bared conductor core end of an ignition cable coaxially with a ferrule portion of the terminal and inserting the axially projecting bared conductor core end of the ignition cable axially into the coaxially arranged ferrule portion of the terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a connector body which houses a pair of insulation displacement terminals which are attached to electrical leads which lead out of the connector body through an exit chamber. The electrical connector has a strain relief cover which includes a blade which enters the exit chamber and kinks the electrical leads laterally to pass through labyrinthian passages created by the blade so as to provide strain relief in the longitudinal direction of the electrical leads. The strain relief cover also has portions which cooperate with the connector body to provide strain relief in the lateral direction and to insure proper seating of the electrical leads in the attachment portions of the insulation displacement terminals.

Abstract: A sealed electrical connection comprises a socket connector and an electrical connector plug assembly. The electrical connector plug assembly comprises a combined holder-latch member for a plurality of subassemblies which include elastomeric seals fitted onto insulator housings forming part of ignition cable termination assemblies.

Abstract: An electrical connector socket comprises a sleeve member of conducting material, a support member having two juxtaposed pieces coaxially surrounding the sleeve member, and resilient contact means in the form of a stamped sheet metal cylinder. The stamped sheet metal cylinder has a pair of longitudinally spaced bands which are connected to each other by a plurality of resilient longitudinal contact strips which extend obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve when the stamped sheet metal cylinder is secured to the sleeve member in a twisted condition by the two juxtaposed pieces of the support member.

Abstract: An electrical component packaging assembly in which the same structure and operation that makes electrical contact between a pair of terminals and a pair of leads of the component also serves to simultaneously mechanically lock the terminals to the assembly. The component leads are fitted within aligned slots in the terminals and in a housing to lock the terminals against withdrawal from the housing.

Abstract: A low profile socket assembly is provided for use with a wedge base type lamp bulb that has a reduced number of parts while providing uniform and reliable electrical contact. The socket assembly includes a housing having a socket adapted to receive the lamp bulb base, and a pair of substantially cylindrical barrel terminals. The barrel terminals are uniformly radially inwardly compressible without substantial resistance, and receivable within the housing so as to present a uniform contact surface through the walls of the housing socket regardless of the orientation of the terminals. The terminals are thereby uniformly compressible between the filament contact wires and the inner surfaces of the terminal passages by the opposed sides of the lamp bulb base when the lamp bulb base is received into the socket, thereby making uniform and reliable electrical contact with the lamp bulb.

Abstract: An electrical connector has an attachment means comprising a funnel wrap wire crimp barrel, that is, one which is funnel-shaped in the axial direction and partially overlapped in the circumferential direction. The attachment means further comprises an intermediate, funnel wrap insulation crimp barrel and a funnel-shaped, split guide ring in one embodiment. In a second embodiment, the attachment means further comprises a cylindrical, split insulation crimp barrel.

Abstract: A duplex insulation displacement terminal comprises first and second terminal members connected side-by-side in a laterally spaced relationship by an integral bus strip. Each terminal member has a pair of spaced, longitudinally slotted plates which are connected by a side wall. The side wall of each terminal member has an elongated window near its slotted end.

Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal comprises a base having a pair of integrally connected side members. Each side member has slotted end plates which are juxtaposed the respective slotted end plates of the other side member to form two pairs of longitudinally spaced plates having cooperating slots which impart a scissors-like action against the conductive core of an insulated electrical conductor which has its insulation pierced as it is forced into the slots.

Abstract: A prepared ribbon cable is mass terminated to a preloaded electrical connector by wave soldering techniques. The preloaded connector comprises a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has an anvil in the form of a flange at the conductor end of the housing and a plurality of fins projecting from the conductor end to isolate the conductor attaching means of the terminals from each other. The terminals are inserted into cavities through openings at the mating end of the housing, retained by solder tabs which are bent over against the flange, and form part of the conductor attaching means. The conductor attaching means further includes slotted terminal portions which receive the conductors and position the ends of the conductors on the bent solder tabs.

Abstract: An insulation shearing electrical terminal for terminating an insulated conductor comprises an elongated web depending from a resilient socket. The web has an integral flange which is folded over onto itself to form outer and inner elongated plates which are integrally joined to each other at one end of the flange by a longitudinal bight which is laterally spaced from the web. The outer plate has a longitudinal slot at the opposite end of the flange which receives an insulated conductor with its axis transverse to the longitudinal slot. The inner plate has opposite longitudinal sides at the opposite end of the flange which respectively engage the web and the insulated conductor to produce a shearing action of the plates across the diameter of the insulated conductor.

Abstract: A socket connector for parallel circuit boards comprises a dielectric connector body and a plurality of sinuous contact strips which are inserted into cavities in the connector body through top openings and individually retained in the cavities. The contact strips have end tabs disposed in shallow slots in the connector body side walls to stabilize the contact strips and facilitate removal.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a flexible printed circuit comprises a connector body having two rows of open channels and a terminal disposed in each channel. Each channel has a longitudinal rib which projects from a partition wall on one side of the channel and is spaced from the partition wall on the other side of the channel and which cooperates with a base wall of the connector body to define a slot. The terminals have a side wall disposed between the longitudinal rib and the partition wall on the other side of the channel and a lateral flange which is attached to a longitudinal edge of the side wall and which is disposed in the slot to retain the terminal in the transverse direction. The terminals further comprise a contact bow which is attached to a forward edge of the lateral flange and has a nose portion seated against the longitudinal rib to retain the terminal in one longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A socket assembly for a baseless cartridge lamp of the dual filament type has identical terminals for engaging the loop and hook terminals at the opposite ends of the lamp. The terminals have a spring tongue which engages the lamp terminals and a spring support which increases the spring forces acting on the lamp terminals. The terminal has a side wall with a flange for limiting torque deflection in one direction and a second flange which cooperates with the spring support. The spring support has an inturned foot which engages the spring tongue to limit deflection in the opposite direction. The side wall also has an extension for attaching the terminal to a conductor.

Abstract: An electrical socket connector is detachably connected to a post terminal having two axially arranged contacts. The socket connector comprises a one-piece ceramic connector body having a pair of tiered terminal cavities each of which is closed at one end and has a central guide rib. Each cavity retains an appropriately sized channel-shaped contact terminal and communicates with a socket for receiving the post terminal lead wires which project through a boot for sealing the open end of the connector body.The one-piece connector body is made by dry pressing ceramic powder into a machineable preform with terminal cavities. The preform is then drilled to provide the socket and retention shoulders in the longitudinal ribs.

Abstract: A wiring harness has a main bundle of leads disposed in an axially slit, corrugated tube and break-out leads disposed in a break-out protector which extends through the slit of the corrugated tube. The break-out protector is a one piece molding of thermoplastic material. It has a tubular body with an outwardly flared skirt at one end which is disposed in the corrugated tube. The tubular body has an axial slit and the annular skirt has a communication slot for assemblying the break-out protector around the break-out leads. The tubular body has wedge-shaped portions and the annular skirt has a wavy edge to assist in assembly.

Abstract: A pigtail assembly has four insulated lead wires with terminals for attachment to a heated oxygen sensor post terminal. An insulator sleeve is slidably mounted on a central lead wire and has external guide holes for circumferentially spacing the three remaining lead wires and the three terminals attached thereto. The insulator sleeve also has two slots and a rib which cooperate in assuring proper seating and/or spacing of the three terminals. One of the three terminals has outwardly projecting lock tabs for holding a splash guard in place.A second pigtail assembly has two insulated lead wires with terminals for attachment to a nonheated oxygen sensor post terminal. The insulator sleeve is mounted on one of the lead wires and has an external guide hole for the other lead wire and the terminal attached to it. The insulator sleeve has vent slots and the terminal attached to the other lead wire has outwardly projecting tabs for holding the splash guard in place.

Abstract: An electrical female terminal comprises a longitudinal floor portion having an integral transverse wall at one end. A pin terminal is inserted through a hole in the transverse wall against a stop formed by an L-shaped flap which is integrally attached to a longitudinal edge of the floor portion of the female terminal. The female terminal has a second flap which is integrally attached to an opposite longitudinal edge of its floor portion and which functions as a spring clip to bias the pin terminal against a projection in the floor portion. The pin terminal is resistance welded to the projection and the flaps are spaced from the transverse wall to provide access for one of the welding electrodes.