Abstract: A seal for an angled connector includes a rim wall enclosing a central opening and a sealing passage extending from outside the seal through the rim wall into the central opening. The seal has a planar plate-shaped configuration.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a safety restraint system of a motor vehicle comprises a housing, a pair of electrical terminals, a shunt and a connector position assurance (CPA) device. The housing includes a first end and a second end, the second end extending in a mating direction of the connector. Each of the electrical terminals traverses the housing from the first end to the second end. The shunt is adapted to short-circuit the pair of electrical terminals, and comprises two shunt arms each having a contact portion and a linking portion, and a shunt bridge linking the linking portions of the shunt arms. The CPA device is moveably arranged in the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the locked position the CPA device lifts the shunt from a short-circuiting position across the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing formed in a single piece and including a recess, a compression spring disposed in the recess, and a position assurance element having a head disposed in the recess and inserted through a first end of the compression spring. The compression spring is unloaded in a plugged-in position of the electrical connector into a mating connector and opposes plugging of the electrical connector into the mating connector in a loaded state. The first end of the compression spring exerts a force only on the position assurance element, the position assurance element exerts a force on the one-piece housing, and a second end of the compression spring opposite the first end along a longitudinal axis of the compression spring exerts a force only on the recess of the housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting with a mating electrical connector in a mating direction includes an electrically conductive terminal having an electrical contact, a housing having a plug-in portion insertable into the mating electrical connector along the mating direction, the plug-in portion having a receptacle receiving the electrical contact, a compressive member arranged within the housing and compressed along the mating direction, and a connector position assurance element (CPA) slidable from an unlocked position to a locked position along the mating direction. The locked position allows the electrical connector to be locked to the mating connector when the electrical connector is connected to the mating connector. A central axis of the compressive member is aligned with a central axis of the plug-in portion in the mating direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing formed in a single piece and including a recess, a compression spring disposed in the recess, and a position assurance element having a head disposed in the recess and inserted through a first end of the compression spring. The compression spring is unloaded in a plugged-in position of the electrical connector into a mating connector and opposes plugging of the electrical connector into the mating connector in a loaded state. The first end of the compression spring exerts a force only on the position assurance element, the position assurance element exerts a force on the one-piece housing, and a second end of the compression spring opposite the first end along a longitudinal axis of the compression spring exerts a force only on the recess of the housing.

Abstract: A seal for an angled connector includes a rim wall enclosing a central opening and a sealing passage extending from outside the seal through the rim wall into the central opening. The seal has a planar plate-shaped configuration.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing and a spring mounted on the housing. The spring is a shaped-wire spring having a pair of ends that are mounted on the housing in an axially offset manner in relation to one another. A misalignment of the ends of the spring forms a torsion spring.

Abstract: A target practice arrangement includes a separable body with first and second body members and an inflatable bladder. The first body member defines an inside cavity having a volume and an axis with a wall defining the cavity about the axis, and the second body member has an elongate member, wherein the elongate member is placed within the cavity of the first member, generally parallel with the axis. The bladder, when operably inflated within the cavity, grippingly acts against the inside wall and against the elongate member to prevent relative movement of the first and second body members. The target is operable to separate upon deflation of the inflatable member.

Abstract: A web based computerized system and method for verifying accredited investor status, includes a server capable of receiving data related to an investor or prospective investor. The server has software configured to determine, using analytic algorithms, whether, from the data, an investor or prospective investor is a natural person, and if so whether the investor or prospective investor meets the income and/or asset value thresholds in order to qualify as an accredited investor. If the system determines that the investor or prospective investor is not a natural person, the software is further configured to determine whether the investor or prospective investor, based on the received data, is an entity that qualifies as an accredited investor by the nature of the investor or prospective investor.

Abstract: A dispensing tip for a liquid dispenser includes a hub having a proximal end, a distal end and a first passageway therethrough, and an elongate tube having a proximal end, a distal end and a second passageway therethrough. The proximal end of the tube is coupled to the distal end of the hub such that the first and the second passageways are in fluid communication. A chamfered portion is formed adjacent the distal end of the tube wherein the tube wall thickness at the dispensing orifice is less than the tube wall thickness upstream of the dispensing orifice. The tube may have a maximum outer diameter of approximately 0.009 inch or less. The tube may also have a minimum wall thickness less than 0.0005 inch. A method for making the dispensing tip includes applying a chemical etchant to a tube to form the chamfered portion.

Abstract: This invention describes ammunition cartridges for pistols or other armaments with propellant-filled casings having a generally square, rectangular, rounded oblong or ellipse-like cross-section. These casings would neck down over a short distance at the front to mate with the bullet. These shapes would allow more rounds of equivalent firepower to be contained in a shorter magazine or smaller diameter revolver cylinder than is possible with standard circular cross-section ammunition.