Abstract: A floatable connector is provided that includes a housing and a bushing. The housing includes at least one mounting ear. The mounting ear has an aperture therethrough and at least one deflectable finger that extends into the aperture from an inner surface defining the aperture. The bushing is loaded into the aperture. The bushing includes a stem between a first flange and a second flange. The bushing defines a channel therethrough. The diameter of the aperture of the mounting ear is greater than the diameter of an outer surface of the stem such that an axially extending gap is formed between the inner surface of the mounting ear and the outer surface of the stem. The housing is floatable radially within the gap relative to the bushing.

Abstract: A pass-through connector system is provided that includes a receptacle assembly and a pass-through connector. The receptacle assembly has a mounting ear at least proximate to a mounting end. The mounting ear defines an aperture therethrough that receives a fastener to mount the receptacle assembly to a substrate. A diameter of the aperture of the mounting ear is greater than an outer diameter of the fastener such that a gap is formed between the mounting ear and the fastener. The pass-through connector extends through a window in a panel that at least partially surrounds the substrate. The pass-through connector has a shroud at a plug end that defines an opening to a cavity. The receptacle assembly is floatable radially within the gap relative to the fastener to allow the shroud to guide the receptacle assembly into alignment with the cavity of the pass-through connector during mating.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle contact (10) having a contact termination section (20), a wire termination section (40), and an insulation gripping section (50). The contact termination section (20) includes a primary cantilever beam (26), a secondary cantilever beam (27), and an overstress stop (28) with a gap arranged therebetween for the purpose of assuring that the beams (26,27) are not preloaded. The alignment of the primary and secondary cantilever beams (26,27) with the overstress stop (28) advantageously protects the beams (26,27) from overstress.

Abstract: A socket (10) for use with leadless chip carriers has been disclosed. The socket (10) includes contact elements (16) positioned in cavities (34) in a housing (12) and having a first spring arm (100) extending into a central opening (30) for engaging pads on the chip carrier and a second spring arm (102) extending outwardly of the housing (12) for electrical engagement with circuits on a substrate on which the socket (10) is mounted.

Abstract: A multi-contact electrical connector employing a plurality of terminals mounted in aligned compartments in an insulating housing is especially suited for establishing interconnection between flat conductors in a flat cable and closely spaced free standing pins or posts. This invention is especially suited for use in interconnecting pins and flat conductors on centerline spacings no greater than 0.050 inch. A conductor engaging portion having a horizontal base is joined to a pin engaging portion having resilient arms and a vertical base. The horizontal base is joined directly to the vertical base by an axial bend line and horizontal arms joined to the bend line are not connected directly to the horizontal base of the cable conductor interconnection portion.

Abstract: An electrical terminal receptacle is disclosed, which is adapted to electrically interconnect each of a plurality of conductors in a flexible flat cable, ribbon cable, discrete wire cable or the like to respective ones of the posts in a post header. The receptacle includes a housing having a plurality of side-by-side chambers, and a sheet metal terminal positioned within each of the chambers, with each terminal being electrically connected to one of the conductors of the cable. The terminal includes a pair of spaced-apart contact surfaces, and the housing incudes three separate rows of apertures, with one of the apertures of each row of communicating with the area between the contact surfaces of each terminal, and such that the receptacle may be mounted to the post header in any one of three possible orientations.

Abstract: A preloaded electrical connecting device for use with closely spaced elongated conductors which lie essentially in the same plane is disclosed. The device is comprised of an insulated housing having a plurality of contact terminal receiving cavities therein and having one or more electrical contact terminals therein. The terminal is a flat one piece stamped sheet metal member having elongated connector means at one end. The connecting means has first and second jaw members and a throat portion. The jaw members have spaced apart free ends. In the assembled device, a portion of the free end of the first jaw member extends outwardly from the housing. Upon placing the conductor between the first and second jaw members and applying a deforming force to the free end of the first jaw member, the portion is moved into the housing until the end is flush with the housing. As the jaw portion moved into the housing, the jaw member is moved into clamping engagement with the conductor and the second jaw member.