Abstract: An impeller (1) for an axial flow fan comprises a hub (2) supporting the blades (3). The hub (2) has bores (5) in its peripheral surface, whereby each bore (5) has a first radially inner section (10) with larger diameter than a second radially outer section (6). Each blade (3) has a substantially circular foot section (4) allowing adjustment of the blade pitch. Mach blade foot section (4) is mounted in a corresponding bore (5) by means of two connecting plates (8, 9) which in the first bore section (10) are spaced apart and face each other along substantially the entire diameter of the bore (5).

Abstract: An attachment system for joining a blade to a hub is described. The system comprises a blade slot in the hub, a rail system positioned within the blade slot, a root portion of a blade positioned within the slot, and a bumper cooperating with the rail and contacting the blade root portion. The bumper has a central portion with first and second sides, a first pair of arms extending from the first side, and a second pair of arms extending from the second side. The central portion of the bumper includes a tab for positioning the bumper within a blade slot.

Abstract: An oil suction pump includes a push switch, a shaft vertically located below the push switch, and a float arm horizontally located below the shaft. A hooked lower end of the shaft is adapted to detachably engage with a hooked first end of the float arm and thereby holds the shaft in a fixed position when the push switch is depressed. A second end of the float arm is pivotally connected to a float that ascends when the oil sucked into a container connected to the oil suction pump reaches a predetermined level and thereby causes the first end to descend and disengage from the hooked lower end of the shaft, allowing the latter to move upward into an original position and automatically close an air inlet valve of the oil suction pump.

Abstract: First and second fluid pressure chambers are formed in both sides of a movement direction of a cam ring swingably placed within a pump body. A spool of a control valve is moved due to a pressure difference between the front and back of a metering orifice. Fluid pressures of the fluid pressure chambers are controlled. The cam ring is swung. Further, a solenoid for giving thrust in an axial direction thereof to the spool of the control valve and electronic control device for controlling driving of the solenoid are provided. The electronic control device has a steering sensor and determines a steering direction based on a signal from the steering sensor and also calculates a steering speed to the steering direction and controls a driving current of the solenoid in response to this steering speed and changes a discharge flow rate of a pump.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump shafts are coaxially aligned and non-rotatably connected in tandem; a common housing for accommodating the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump; and a first center section and a second center section that respectively support the first and second hydraulic pumps.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum apparatus that includes a plurality of vacuum containers each having a gas inlet and an exhaust outlet, a gas supply system for introducing a desired gas into each of the vacuum containers through the gas inlet, and an exhaust system for keeping each of the vacuum containers at a low pressure. In this vacuum apparatus, the exhaust system includes a plurality of multistage vacuum pumps connected in series. The exhaust outlet pressure of the last-stage vacuum pump is substantially at atmospheric pressure. The last-stage vacuum pump is designed to exhaust gas from a plurality of vacuum pumps at previous stages.

Abstract: Compressor, comprising a sealed outer casing, inside which is arranged a gas compression stage driven by a motor arranged inside the outer casing. The lower part of the inner casing containing the motor is sealingly closed by a bottom, and at least one vertical chimney is arranged in the annular space formed between the outer casing and the lower casing, the chimney being arranged substantially vertically along the motor and the lower casing, and communicating in its upper part with the low-pressure zone of the compressor and, in its lower part, with the inside of the lower casing, one or more openings being made between the chimney and the bottom of the motor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-dissipating fan with a manually adjustable speed-setting function by locating a speed-adjusting revolving-button or push-button in one of the bolt-holes of the front side or rear side of said heat-dissipating fan. The size, and structure of the regular original heat-dissipating fan is therefore unchanged and a speed-adjusting revolving-button or push-button is provided in a selected bolt-hole for users to set the speed of the fan directly according to needs at any time. Additionally, a temperature-detecting thermal resistor is included to achieve 2-fold speed-adjusting.

Abstract: A pump apparatus of simple construction has a bearing structure for which a lubricant is unnecessary. A flow passage for a refrigerant (liquid ammonia) is formed in a housing to provide communication between a suction port and a discharge port, and slide bearing members formed of amorphous carbon are provided in the housing to be fitted into the flow passage to support a rotating shaft. A drive for rotating the rotating shaft is constituted by a rotor, which is fitted into the flow passage and provided with the rotating shaft, and a stator, which is provided outside the housing to surround the rotor, and a pump body is provided midway the flow passage and connected to the rotating shaft to pump a fluid.

Abstract: A blower fan comprises a support element (13) presenting a first face (13a) and a second face (13b) mutually opposite to said first face (13a), the first and the second faces (13a, 13b) being respectively invested at least by a first and a second air flows (10, 11) coming from mutually opposite directions, a first blade series emerging at least from said second face (13b), and at least one air passage (13c) provided in the support element (13) and adapted to direct at least said first air flow (10) investing said first face (13a) at least partly through said support element (13).

Abstract: An aircraft fluid delivery device (10) including a piston assembly (20), a pilot assembly (22), and a control assembly (24). The control assembly (24) includes non-contact proximity sensors (S1, S2) that sense the position of the piston (28) and a controller (80) that controls the pilot assembly (22), and thus the piston assembly (20), based on information received from the sensors (S1,S2). Specifically, the controller (80) energizes a solenoid (72) to cause fluid to flow through the pilot assembly (22) into a large portion of the piston chamber (30) during the compression stroke of the piston (28). When the solenoid (72) is deenergized during the return stroke of the piston (28), or when the delivery device is electrically turned off, an ejector (60) in the pilot assembly (22) generates a vacuum on the pressure side of the wide portion of the piston chamber (30).

Abstract: A pump including a reciprocating piston movable in a piston chamber by pneumatic pressure. The pneumatic pressure is directed through air channels by one or more valves. At least one of the valves and/or air channels is located in a removable portion of the pump.

Abstract: An acceleration fuel pump for use with a combustion engine carburetor is an integral part of the carburetor body and provides an additional flow of fuel to the fuel-and-air mixing passage of the carburetor during acceleration of the engine. The acceleration fuel pump has a plunger which inserts sealably into a cylindrical cavity carried by the body of the carburetor. During acceleration of the engine, the plunger inserts further into the cavity against the resilient force of a spring and toward a resilient check valve member causing the member to deform into a fuel feed state. A fuel passage which extends between the bottom of a fuel chamber of the carburetor and the fuel-and-air mixing passage of the carburetor is intersected by the cavity and the resilient check valve member.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston drive mechanism, especially for a reciprocating piston vacuum pump, includes a cylinder (3) embodied in a housing (12). A piston (4) is moved back and forth in the cylinder by an electromagnetic drive that has an electromagnet (11) on the stator side and at least one permanent magnet (18, 19) on the piston side. In order to increase service life of said drive mechanism, permanent magnets (15, 16) are also provided on the stator side. The piston permanent magnet(s) (18, 19) and the stator permanent magnets (15, 16) are configured and disposed in such a way that the piston (4) is magnetically biased to a substantially central axial position in the idle state.

Abstract: A fan/motor assembly having an integrated brush support and bearing retainer is disclosed. The fan/motor assembly includes a rotatable shaft, a working air fan coupled to the shaft, and a motor bracket and baffle assembly interposed between the working air fan and the motor assembly. The motor bracket and baffle assembly retains a bearing which rotatably receives the shaft and provides integral brush boxes for the motor assembly.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump with an integrally-constructed electrical motor. The motor has a hemi-spherical rotor mounting the impeller and comprising at least two permanent magnetic poles. The rotor is balanced on a spherical bearing including a ball or a hemispherical structure mounted at the end of a shaft engaged into an axial cavity in the smallest end of the rotor. A thin, waterproof and static septum is positioned in the air gap between the stator and the rotor. The annular stator includes a bowl-shaped yoke and a winding, applied to the inner surface of the yoke, comprising segments running in successive alternate sections obliquely to the motor's axis of rotation between the upper and lower rims of the yoke. Due to the geometry of the motor, the residual magnetic forces urge the rotor toward a balanced position against the shaft and bearing.

Abstract: A roller pump includes a stator, a rotor assembly including a rotor hub, a first roller slide and a second roller slide slidingly disposed within the rotor hub, with each of the roller slides supporting a roller. At least one adjustable bushing is mounted within at least one of the roller slides. The roller slide includes a recess and the at least one adjustable bushing is at least partially disposed within the recess. The at least one adjustable bushing includes a bushing member and a spring member, the bushing member and the spring member being disposed within the recess in the roller slide.

Abstract: A pump includes a cylinder, a tube, a hollow piston, a nozzle, a hollow handle and an elastic element. The tube is partially and movably inserted in the cylinder. The hollow piston is in fluid communication with the tube and movably received in the cylinder for pumping. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the tube, and includes an end face in compliance with a first external structure. The hollow handle is mounted on the cylinder between a first mode preventing their relative movement and a second mode allowing their relative movement. The hollow handle includes an open end through which the tube is inserted and a closed end with an internal face and an external face in compliance with a second external structure. The elastic element is compressed between an end of the cylinder and the closed end of the hollow handle.

Abstract: A foldable pump includes a cylinder, a first connector in communication with the cylinder, a second connector pivotally connected and communicated with the first connector, a tube in communication with the second connector and a nozzle in communication with the tube. The first connector may include a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion extending perpendicularly from and being in communication with the first tubular portion. The second connector may include a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion extending perpendicularly from and being in communication with the first tubular portion. The second tubular portion of the first connector is mounted on the cylinder. The first tubular portion of the first connector is pivotally connected and communicated with the first tubular portion of the second connector. The second tubular portion of the second connector is in communication with the tube.

Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a stationary scroll that has a spiral stationary wrap, and an orbiting scroll that has a spiral orbiting wrap to form a compression chamber between the stationary and orbiting wraps. In the stationary and orbiting wraps, an outer low-pressure pressurizing portion is separated from an inner high-pressure pressurizing portion. A plurality of outlets and inlets are formed in the low-pressure and high-pressure pressurizing portions respectively. At least one of the outlets or at least one of inlets is selectively closed.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes an adjustable actuator mount that changes the relative position of a non-orbiting scroll and an orbiting scroll to change the compressor capacity. In one embodiment, the scroll wrap and base of each scroll are manufactured as two separate components with a wrap modulator between the scroll wrap and the base of each scroll. As the mount moves the scrolls apart and together, the wrap modulators extend and retract the scroll wraps relative to their respective bases to maintain fluid-tight compression chambers.

Abstract: A scroll compressor having a hybrid wrap is defined to have its wrap origin offset from a drive center of both the orbiting and non-orbiting scroll members. The offset is selected in a direction such that it eliminates extremes in the torque curve relative to shaft rotation. In this way, torque reversal is generally eliminated.

Abstract: To provide a gas compressor in which fretting wear due to vibration of an oil separation filter is prevented to thereby achieve an improvement in durability. A gas compressor is provided with a press-fixing unit for press-fixing end portions of an oil separation filter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spinning device in which liquid polymer is guided through a polymer line with a first heating jacket to a spinning pump with a second heating jacket. From said spinning pump, the polymer is transported through several lines to spinning packets and extruded through spinnerts to form filaments. The lines that are connected downstream of the spinning pump, the spinning packets and the spinnerets are located in at least one spinning housing through which heating fluid flows. There is a distance of 5 mm between the spinning housing through which the heating fluid flows and the first and second heating jackets and the spinning pump, to obtain thermal decoupling. According to a method for heating the spinning device, vaporous heating fluid is guided out of a first reservoir into the spinning housing, and heating fluid is guided out of a second reservoir into the first and/or second heating jacket.

Abstract: A rotary machine for blowing thermoplastic containers starting with a previously injected preform, comprising several blowing stations (10) each of which can bear a double cavity mould (16), wherein each station includes a blowing unit (26) which is fixed on a mount frame element (22) and provided with two blow nozzles (24). The machine can be transposed into a single cavity configuration wherein each station bears a single cavity mould (36), and the blowing unit (26) includes a second position for being fixed on the mount frame element wherein one of the nozzels (24) is arranged to correspond with the main axis (A4) of the single moulding cavity (38) of the single cavity mound (36).

Abstract: A machine makes blocks from pressed earth. A feed drawer having an open lower end and filled with loose earth is moved laterally across a planar surface into registration over a breech. A press foot is lowered to a level in the breech to receive loose earth from the feed drawer. The press foot is raised to a third level against a bucking foot to compress the loose earth in the breech into a block. Upon moving the feed drawer laterally into registration over the breech, the block will be pushed out of the path of the bucking foot. The feed drawer, and likewise a screed, having a lower edge notched to pass over a three dimensional surface of the press foot for pushing the block out of registration and for clearing above the three dimensional surface of the press foot.

Abstract: Mold cleaning apparatus (1) includes a manifold (5) adapted to be coupled to a suction device. A first conduit (6) extends from the manifold (5) and has a first opening (8) remote from the manifold. A second conduit (7) extends from the manifold (5) and has a second opening (11) remote from the manifold (5). The first and the second openings (8, 11) being directed in opposite directions, and the first conduit (6) having a section (10) with a cross-sectional area which is less than cross-sectional area at any point along the length of the second conduit (7).

Abstract: A device for manufacturing, in particular, plastic caps for closing containers, comprising molding units, each of which is composed of a male mold part and of a female mold part. The male mold part has a punch which is directly provided with compressed air which exits through ports, so as to cause the separation of the cap from the punch and facilitate the removal of the cap.

Abstract: The invention concerns a molding unit for an extrusion-blow molding machine comprising a mold in two parts, each mold-half (12, 14) being borne by a moveable support (16, 18), and of the type in which the molding unit (10) comprises, between at least one of the mold-halves (12) and the associated support (16), compensating means (30) which push the mold-half transversely toward the other mold-half, characterized in that the mechanism (24) for moving the supports is linked to at least said associated support (32), by means of elastically deformable means that are suitable for compensating for the deformation of the support (15[sic], 32), created by the forces exerted by the compensating means (30).

Abstract: A lighter includes a casing with liquid gas received therein and an igniting member is located in the casing for igniting the gas released from a light hole in a top of the casing. An activation piece is pivotably connected between two walls of the casing and a cap is connected to the activation piece and engaged between the two walls of the top of the casing. A stop is located at an edge of the cap and contacts an edge of the casing to prevent the cap from being pushed before it is slid to skip the stop from the edge of the casing.

Abstract: A sealed gas burner for a cooking range has a venturi tube assembly which is attached directly to a range top of the cooking range. A burner cup slidingly and releasably engages a venturi tube of the venturi tube assembly which extends through the range top. A burner cap releasably engages the burner cup and it defines a plurality of burner ports. The burner cup and the burner cap define an annular gas chamber in communication with the burner ports. The burner ports can be cleaned by removing only the burner cap. Additional cleaning of the burner and the range top can be accomplished by removing both the burner cap and the burner cup.

Abstract: A decorative cake protector (1) for use on a cake (2) is disclosed in which the protection includes a shield (5) for protecting the cake from the residue or debris of at least one burning device (16,17), a support (16a,17a) for holding the burning device above the cake; and a decorative theme piece (10) mounted above the shield. The decorative cake protector preferably includes a stand (12) to space the shield from the cake surface.

Abstract: A burner manifold apparatus (10) for delivering reactants to a combustion site of a chemical vapor deposition process includes fluid inlets (32a, 32b), fluid outlets (49), and a plurality of fluid passages (50) extending therebetween. The fluid passages (50) converge toward each other from the fluid inlets to the fluid outlets. One embodiment includes a manifold base (12), a pressure plate (14), and a manifold burner mount (16) for mounting thereto a micromachined burner (58). The fluid passages (50) internal to the manifold base are configured to distribute symmetrically the fluid to the manifold burner mount. The fluid is then channeled through fluid passages in the manifold burner mount. The fluid passages converge, yet remain fluidly isolated from each other, and the fluid passages create a linear array for producing linear streams of fluid. Alternatively, the burner manifold apparatus may include a plurality of manifold elements in a stacked arrangement.

Abstract: In a fuel gas burner, a reduction of NOx emissions is brought about by the combined use of both a catalyst and a radiation baffle. The catalyst and baffle are located in serial flow relationship such that each contributes to the NOx reduction function without the creation of undesirable conditions. The catalyst is located upstream of the flame and the amount of primary air supplied to the burner is controlled so as to bring about a reduction of NOx emissions while at the same time not allowing the temperature of the catalyst to exceed a threshold limit, thereby ensuring an acceptably long life and durability of the catalyst. The radiation baffle is located in the flame to radiate heat away therefrom and lower the temperature thereof to reduce NOx emissions, with the mass of the baffle being limited such that no significant levels of CO are generated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a burner for use in a combustion-type waste gas treatment system for combusting waste gases emitted from semiconductor manufacturing system, particularly, a deposition gas containing SiH4 and a halogen-base gas, simultaneously at a high efficiency of destruction, making it difficult for a powder of SiO2 to be attached and deposited, performing a low-NOx combustion, and maintaining a desired level of safety. The combustion-type waste gas treatment system has a flame stabilizing zone (15), which is open toward a combustion chamber (11), surrounded by a peripheral wall (12), and closed by a plate (14) remotely from the combustion chamber. A waste gas, an auxiliary combustible agent, and air are introduced into and mixed with each other in the flame stabilizing zone (15), and the mixed gases are ejected toward the combustion chamber (11) perpendicularly to the plate (14).

Abstract: A thermal processing unit of the invention includes a processing container that can contain an object to be processed therein, the processing container having a lower end provided with an opening. The opening is opened and closed by a lid. A flange is provided at a peripheral portion of the opening, and a gas-supplying unit is provided at the flange for supplying a gas into the processing container. A heating mechanism can heat the object to be processed contained in the processing container.

Abstract: An orthodontic arch wire composed of stainless steel or other bendable alloy formed into an arc is provided with lines permanently etched, or otherwise permanently marked, across its long dimension, and/or outward-facing surfaces at intervals approximating the midpoint at which adjacent teeth contact each other when normally aligned. When the arch wire is removed from the patient's mouth for periodic adjustments, the etch marks provide accurate, stable, and permanent landmarks for placement of adjustment bends for three-dimensional movements of individual teeth. In order to accommodate a range of tooth and dental arch sizes, the arch wires are of small, medium, and large sizes for both upper and lower arch forms with the markings proportioned for small, medium, and large tooth sizes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for arch wire receptacle (e.g., brackets, bands, headgear tubes, etc.) optimization includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing then continues by retrieving a digital model of an initial arch wire receptacle that was selected from a plurality of digital models of arch wire receptacles. The processing then continues by digitally placing the digital model of the initial arch wire receptacle on a given tooth of the digital model of the orthodontic structure to provide a digital arch wire receptacle placement. The process then proceeds by retrieving a digital model of an arch wire. For the given tooth, the processing continues by digitally modeling a force system on the tooth based on the digital model of the initial arch wire receptacle, the digital arch wire receptacle placement, and the digital model of the arch wire.

Abstract: Tooth inserts are described for use in restoring teeth having a proximal surface requiring restoration and an, intact proximal surface not requiring restoration. A tooth insert according to one disclosed embodiment comprises an elongated band having first and second spaced apart central portions. The central portions are positioned so that when the band is wrapped around a first tooth, the first central portion is positioned between the prepared surface of the first tooth and a second adjacent tooth and the second central portion is positioned between the intact surface of the first tooth and a third tooth at the opposite side of the first tooth from the second tooth. An aperture is formed in the second central portion to permit at least partial interproximal contact between the first and third tooth through the aperture to minimize separation between the first and third teeth caused by the thickness of the band.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for applying suction adjacent to a tooth is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a suction conduit structure that includes a main conduit portion and a pair of secondary conduit portions extending from the main conduit portion. A pair of pad support members are positionable adjacent to lateral surfaces of the focus tooth, and each pad support member is mounted on one of the secondary conduit portions. A suction pad is mounted on each pad support member for positioning adjacent to the focus tooth. In one embodiment, a tooth gripping structure is mounted on each of the pad support members for gripping a lateral surface of an anchor tooth located next to the focus tooth of the patient. The tooth gripping structures extend toward each other. In another embodiment, a tooth engaging structure is mounted on each of the pad support members for engaging a jaw of the patient at a position of meeting of the focus tooth and an adjacent tooth.

Abstract: This teaching method uses this one-two-sided learning aid, called the ONE-PAGE-BOOK, a combination of two languages in which the syntax of the target language is set up to allow the student to learn how to speak, think, write, read and understand the target language. This portable, always accessible and easy-to-use learning aid will allow the student to spontaneously communicate within 120 hours of formal language training by just following the numerical sequence found in the learning aid. This new teaching method does not require memorization, repetition or the use of grammar as the main way to teach the target language. With the use of the learning aid no additional textbooks would be needed.

Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are disclosed which implement a training session for training a user to validate assumptions. First, a plurality stimuli are presented to a user in the context of a simulation. The user is then prompted to enter responses to the stimuli which are subsequently recorded. The user is then allowed to enter assumptions that form a basis of the responses. Next, the user is prompted to enter information on how to validate the assumptions which is subsequently received. Feedback is then outputted based on the stimuli and responses. Such feedback relates to appropriate assumptions and information on how to validate the appropriate assumptions. As an option, the feedback may be further based on a number of assumptions entered.

Abstract: An adult/child and infant manikin for cardiopulmonary resuscitation including a torso simulation having an arcuate mounting surface, a head simulation having a neck attachment connected thereto. The neck attachment has an arcuate connection that is congruent to said arcuate mounting surface. Mounting members adapted to secure the head simulation to the torso simulation with the arcuate connection in contact with the arcuate mounting surface are also provided. The mounting members are movable in an arc across the arcuate mounting surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a message center including a substantially rectangular tray having side walls, a raised peripheral edge adjacent the side walls and at least one raised dividing wall having dividing wall ends, the dividing wall being connected on its ends to the raised peripheral edge defining at least first and second recessed sections. One of the recessed section includes a non-electronic visual display component. A second recessed section includes an audio record/playback device. At least one of the side walls contains an opening for holding a writing utensil. The message center also includes a back cover attached to the tray defining a cavity on an opposite side of the tray from the recessed sections between the back cover and the tray, the back cover including means for attaching the message center to a surface.

Abstract: The rotary connector comprises a stationary housing 11 having a cylindrical portion 17 therein, a movable housing 12 having a cylindrical portion 19 therein provided on the stationary housing so as to be rotatable relatively thereto, and a flexible cable 14 accommodated within a housing section 13 formed between the stationary housing and the movable housing, in which the rotary connector further includes temperature detection means 41 for detecting the temperature of the flexible cable in a state of the temperature detection means being exposed within the housing section.

Abstract: A first connector includes a first core member, and a first positioning-purpose fitting portion for the second connector. A second connector includes a second core member, in which an induction electromotive force is produced by the first core member, and a second positioning-purpose fitting portion for fitting in the first fitting portion. The first fitting portions, as well as the second fitting portions, may be arranged at opposite sides of the first core member in such a manner that the first core member are interposed between the first fitting portions. A shock-absorbing elastic member, which can be elastically deformed upon contact, may be provided at the first fitting portion (35) and/or the second fitting portion (44).

Abstract: The circuit board edge connector described serves for connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board adapted to be mated substantially vertically with said first circuit board, and is characterized in that that the part of the circuit board edge connector to be connected to the electrical connector located on one side of the second circuit board as well as the part of the circuit board edge connector to be connected to the electrical connector located on the other side of the second circuit board, are constituted by separate electrical connectors.

Abstract: The junction box housing of a junction box is provided with a strip portion containing portion which contains a lateral edge of a strip portion where a terminal connecting portion of a flexible printed circuit is contained in the inside and a terminal containing hole arranged at the outside of the strip-shaped portion containing portion which contains a first connecting terminal. Thus, the first connecting terminal and the strip portion can be contained in the junction box housing with the terminal connecting portion bent to show an S-shaped profile so that the junction box main body can be made lightweight and low-profiled to realize downsizing.

Abstract: An electrical connector 30 has two major components: a frame 32 and a transition element 34. The frame defines an exterior surface 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 72 and a cavity for receiving a plug. Conductive strips 44, 46 cover a portion of the frame exterior surface, and each strip is connected to a contactor within the cavity. Ribs 48, 74 may extend from sidewalls 36, 37, 38, 72 of the frame for mounting on a PWB. A major surface of the PWB may contact the ribs and intersect a rear wall 40. The transition element has spring contactors 52, 58 corresponding to the strips. A stationary segment 54, 60 of each spring contactor is fixed to the PWB, and an opposing free segment 56, 62 contacts a strip when the frame and transition element are assembled in a device. The free segments are biased to maintain contact with the strips.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes a dielectric housing (10), a plurality of terminals (13) received in the housing, and a retention mechanism (12) pivotally attached to the housing. The housing defines a plurality of terminal-passages (108) and first mating members (103). Each of terminals includes a bent portion (134). The retention mechanism has an elongate stopper member (120). A pair of cantilevers (122) depends from the stopper member. A second mating member (1222) is formed on each of the cantilevers, for engaging one of the first mating members. Thus the stopper member is rotatable between a first position in which the stopper is protected from thermal warp or deformation, and a second position in which the terminals are secured in the corresponding terminal-passages.