Abstract: An electrical unit has first and second attached housing sections. The sections are movable relative to one another and include internal conduits and conductors that extend between the sections.

Abstract: A battery cable terminal for connecting a cable to a post of a battery. The terminal includes a metallic contact element having a ferrule for receiving an end of the cable and further has a contact portion for engaging the post. The terminal also includes a resilient, one-piece plastic clamp having a pair of arms defining an opening of receiving the post. The clamp holds the element so that the contact portion engages the post when the post is received by the clamp. The arms having facing distal ends defining a constricted throat for the opening with the facing end of each arm having a bearing surface so that the facing ends can be pried apart to increase the size of the opening. The clamp is spreadable from an as-formed condition in which the opening with the clamp holding the element has a dimension less than a corresponding dimension of the post, to a spread condition wherein the dimension of the opening is greater than the corresponding dimension of the post.

Abstract: An ignition cable which applies ignition current from a power source to a spark plug of a spark ignited internal combustion engine while attenuating radio frequency currents. An inner elongated electrically conductive metallic core made of a high permeability material has an electrically semiconductive layer disposed thereabout and in intimate contact therewith. Insulation surrounds the semiconductive layer. Direct current is effectively and preferentially conducted by the inner core to provide ignition current, while high frequency currents are crowded by the skin effect into the semiconductive layer, where they are damped by the resistance thereof.

Abstract: A metallic terminal for use with a conductor having a conductive core and a jacket of insulation about the core. The terminal includes a deformable barrel for receiving the conductor, and a portion for contacting another electrical component. The barrel has an axis and includes a channel with a first end and a second end extending generally parallel to the axis. The barrel further includes a finger extending from the first channel end at least substantially across the opening of the channel and having a pointed distal end directed inside the channel. The barrel further includes a first abutment associated with the first channel end for engagement by one of the jaws of a pliers, and a second abutment associated with the second end of the channel for engagement by the other of the jaws of the pliers.