Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an at least substantially helical winding shaped to provide a first portion, having a diameter suitable to receive and embrace an electrical contact when inserted therein, and a second portion of larger diameter than the first for contacting an electrical terminal when disposed around or adjacent the contact, to thereby form an electrical connection from the contact to the terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an at least substantially helical winding shaped to provide a first portion, having a diameter suitable to receive and embrace an electrical contact when inserted therein, and a second portion of larger diameter than the first for contacting an electrical terminal when disposed around or adjacent the contact, to thereby form an electrical connection from the contact to the terminal.

Abstract: An adjustable electrical device, such as a trimmer capacitor, comprising a housing and an electrode movable relative to the housing, the electrode comprising a screw-threaded portion which is resiliently deformable to allow compliant threaded engagement with a complementarily screw-threaded portion of the housing of slightly smaller diameter. The screw-threaded portion is split to allow said deformation, the split being in the form of a slot extending across the screw-threaded portion, parallel to the rotational axis of the screw-threaded portion. A further slot is located at the base of the screw-threaded portion, which interconnects with the slot. The electrode is provided with an actuating member having a head portion adapted to receive an adjusting tool, such as a screwdriver, and a body portion which is an interference fit within the electrode.

Abstract: A multi-way connector assembly comprising a tubular metal outer casing and a plurality of electrical lead-through terminations which extend through the outer casing, the terminations carrying respective annular discoidal filter capacitors whose outer electrodes are connected electrically to a ground plane in the form of a metal plate which is itself connected electrically to the outer metal casing. The inner electrodes of the capacitor are electrically coupled to the associated lead-through terminations by respective contact clips which enable relative displacement of the capacitors and terminations for purposes of assembly and disassembly, the metal plate forming the ground plane being held in electrical connection with the outer casing by means of a removable locking means.

Abstract: A multi-way connector incorporating an integral filter array and comprising a metal outer casing; an inner housing in the form of a solid block of an electrically insulating material disposed within the outer casing; and a plurality of electrical contacts (plugs or sockets) having lead-through terminations which extend through the housing block, the free ends of said terminations extending from the block carrying respective filter capacitors whose outer electrodes are connected electrically to a metal ground plane which is itself connected electrically to the metal outer casing. Disposed around each lead-through termination is a respective collet which is received within a respective recess in the housing block so as to firmly grip that termination (100) to relieve same of mechanical stresses during connection of a mating connector part with said contacts.