Abstract: A wire cover (10) is provided with a wall (WL) for surrounding wires drawn out from a connector (40), and water-draining holes (20A) penetrate the wall surface (WL) in a nonlinear manner. An inner surface (25a) forming a bent portion (23) of each water-draining hole (20A) is formed into a slanted surface inclined toward an outer side of the wall (WL) as it extends from a connecting portion (25b) with a communication hole (22) at an inner side of the wall (WL) toward a connecting portion (25c) with a communication hole (21) at the outer side of the wall (WL).

Abstract: An electrical jumper assembly for an electrical distribution system, where the electrical jumper assembly includes at least one conductor carrier generally having a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of conductors in the at least one conductor carrier. A first electrical connector is connected to the plurality of conductors. The first electrical connector includes a first part directly connected to at least one conductor carrier, and a second part which has a plurality of terminals electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of conductors. The second part is laterally offset from the first part, and the second part is approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A connection assembly may include: a support including an opening, in particular a panel element including an opening, the opening extending substantially in a plane; an electrical connector housing; and an assembly for assembling the connector housing to the support, the assembly being arranged firstly to enable the housing to be held relative to the support in a rest position in which the housing extends at least in part through the opening in the support, and secondly to enable the connector housing to move relative to the rest position, at least in a direction parallel to the plane of the opening, the assembly including at least one resilient return member arranged to be capable of deforming elastically to accompany movement of the connector housing in a direction parallel to the plane of the opening and to return the connector housing to the rest position.

Abstract: A socket connector having a connector body co-molded with its peripheral and cable seals. In the first molding operation, a first tooling is placed into a mold and is configured so that plastic injected into the mold forms the connector body. In the second molding operation, a second tooling is placed into the mold and is configured so that elastomeric material injected into the mold passes through at least one passage of the connector body to thereby form the peripheral seal and, integrally therewith, the cable seal.

Abstract: An electrical connector system for use with a conductor includes an electrical connector and a plug assembly. The electrical connector includes a housing defining a conductor passage adapted to receive the conductor therethrough. The plug assembly includes a plug member and a plug sealant mounted on the plug member. The plug assembly is adapted to be inserted into the conductor passage to plug the conductor passage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector assembly structure of a terminal used for converting connecting wires. A terminal base is disposed on a frame of a cooling system, and the terminal base has a socket into which a first connector is inserted. The first connector is connected to the connecting wires that are connected to a stator of a motor, and has at least one hook on the periphery thereof. The socket has a releasing hole that corresponds to the hook and engages with the hook so that the first connector is detachable. Additionally, a second connector is adjacent to the first connector, and is connected to the connecting wires to be converted. The electrically interconnection between the first connector and the second connector can satisfy the requirement of converting various connecting wires.

Abstract: An actuating device for a connector having a push-pull coupling mechanism is disclosed. The device comprises a release pull integrated with the connector and configured to operably engage the push-pull coupling mechanism, and a grip, coupled to the release pull and remote from the push-pull coupling mechanism, to which force may be applied to cause the release pull to actuate the push-pull coupling mechanism.

Abstract: An electrical connector including electrical contacts, a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member has contact receiving areas. The electrical contacts are located in the contact receiving areas. The second housing member is connected to the first housing member and comprises a mating electrical connector latch comprising a latch surface at a front end of the latch and a lever arm extending reward from the front end of the latch. The lever arm is adapted to pivot on top of a portion of the second housing member.

Abstract: An enclosure formed from a first compartment and an identical second compartment to house an electrical connector. Each compartment has a main body that is defined by a first wall, a second wall and ends. The first wall of each compartment has an outer tab with at least one projection that extends inwards and an inner tab positioned adjacent to the outer tab. The second wall of each compartment has an aperture. When the compartments are mounted to each other to form the enclosure, the projection of the first wall of the first compartment is disposed in the aperture in the second wall of the second compartment and the projection of the first wall of the second compartment is disposed in the aperture in the second wall of the first compartment. The enclosure also includes a label and label cover that are disposed inside the enclosure to identify the connector.

Abstract: An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors includes connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at the other end, a plug contact area for a multipoint counter connector. The insulation displacement termination area has flat, slotted insulation displacement terminals. The connection elements are arranged such that for one row of plug contacts of the connection elements embedded next to each other, the insulation displacement terminals of these connection elements are located in several rows in the insulation displacement multipoint connector.

Abstract: A wire connection portion of a terminal fitting to be connected to a cable for surface mounting includes: a bottom wall extended from the electrical contact portion for overlapping with a flat conductor of a cable for surface mounting; crimping blades vertically extended in a staggered fashion from both edges of the bottom wall for sticking into the flat conductor; and transversal projections projecting from the both edges of the bottom wall respectively corresponding to the staggered crimping blades. Outer ends of the transversal projections are disposed more outward from inner walls of the crimping blades at each side of the bottom wall. A gap between the crimping blades extended from both edges of the bottom wall is narrower than a curvature radius of curved portions formed between the crimping blades and the bottom wall.

Abstract: A wire guide includes first and second tubes (14, 16) having first and second perpendicular axes (22, 26), with the second tube having a backshell (40) that is pivotable about the first axis on the first tube rear end, so wires (30) can be routed in a variety of directions. The first tube rear end and the backshell are pivotally connected by a pair of balls (34, 36) that each lies in a groove (44) in the first tube rear end and in a hole (50) in the backshell portion. A strain relief member lying largely in the first tube rear portion has a through hole (82) extending along the first axis, an outside that forms a 360° groove (84), and at least one end slot (90, 92) that connects the hole to the groove. A wire (30) can extend through much of the hole, then through a slot to the groove and around the groove, and then back through a slot.

Abstract: An ethernet cable connector for coupling an ethernet cable and providing contact between insulated wires of the ethernet cable and insulation displacement contacts within the connector. The connector includes an inner body having a clamp, a plurality of holes and a plurality of recesses transverse to the plurality of holes. Each hole receives a wire of an ethernet cable. The outer body is operatively coupled to the inner body and is configured to couple insulation displacement contacts within the outer body. The insertion of the inner body within the outer body bends the wires of the ethernet cable to rest within the plurality of recesses of the inner body, engages the insulation displacement contacts with the ethernet wires and compresses the clamp around a portion of the ethernet cable, thereby providing strain reduction to the ethernet wires.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electric connector which makes it possible to connect easily, hard to separate and enables to maintain good electric connections. The electric connector of the present invention comprises plural contacts 30 each including a contact point 31 contacting each of the plural terminals and an elastic arm part contiguous to the contact 31 and a housing 40 including a reception recess 41 retaining the one end of the circuit board, and attachment recesses 42 for attaching each of the plural contacts, a cover part 43 being laid down toward a direction of insertion of the circuit board, and a pressure part 44 being contiguous to the cover part 43 and being rotatably disposed opposite to the plural contacts 31, wherein the pressure part 44 protrudes into the reception recess 41 as the cover part 43 is laid down.

Abstract: A body of a connector is constituted by combining a first support member for supporting a plurality of terminal elements with a second support member for supporting the first support member. The second support member has a plurality of bearing surfaces individually opposed to conductor-connecting sections of the terminal elements supported by the first support member. The first support member and the second support member are assembled with each other to arrange the wire conductors C between the conductor-connecting sections of the terminal elements and the corresponding bearing surfaces. An abutting member is assembled with the body. The abutting member has a pressing surface for uniformly pressing the conductor-connecting sections of the terminal elements supported by the first support member toward the corresponding bearing surfaces of the second support member.

Abstract: A stackable modular connector assembly, is provided. The stackable modular connector assembly includes a track having a pair of juxtaposed rails each defining an elongate channel formed therein. Desirably, the channels are oriented toward one another. The stackable modular connector assembly further includes a plurality of connector shells operatively engageable with the track. Desirably, each connector shell extends between the opposed channels of the pair of rails and is slidably stackable within the channels of the track.

Abstract: A co-axial plug has a cylindrical outer-conductor part having mating co-axial cable ends. A latching sleeve fits around and is axially displaceable relative to the shell outer-conductor. Opposite ends of a spring are supported against the shell outer-conductor part and the latching sleeve to pre-load the latching sleeve toward the co-axial cable end of the shell outer-conductor part. Axial slots at the latching sleeve mating end form elastically resilient latching tongues having, at their ends, a latching edge extending in a radially outward direction. An unlocking sleeve surrounding the latching sleeve is displaceable axially relative to the latching sleeve having a ramp extending outwardly and sloping toward the cable end. The ramp co-operates with a correspondingly bevelled groove on the unlocking sleeve inside face so displacement of the unlocking sleeve relative to the latching sleeve toward the co-axial cable end bends the latching tongues inwardly.

Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (11) with an outer peripheral surface (11S). A rubber boot (15) has a tubular sealing portion (21) with an inner peripheral surface that mounts over and seals to the outer peripheral surface (11S) of the housing (11). Thus, a compressive elasticity amount of the sealing portion (21) is not affected by a posture of the first connector (10) when the first connector (10) is fit in a second connector (40). Therefore, the sealing performance of the sealing portion (21) does not deteriorate in dependence on the posture of the first connector (10) when the first connector (10) is fit in the second connector (40).

Abstract: A network device including a power receiving socket, a power supply, a network controller, plural connection ports and a power outputting socket is provided. The power receiving socket is for receiving an external power and outputting a supply power. The power supply is electrically connected with the power receiving socket for receiving the supply power, wherein the power supply has the received supply power rectified and voltage-reduced, then outputs a direct current power. The network controller operates according to direct current power. The plural connection ports respectively are respectively electrically connected with the network controller. The power outputting sockets is electrically connected with the power receiving socket for receiving and outputting the supply power.

Abstract: A platform having a raised support member including a plurality of spaced openings configured to securing receive device connectors. In one preferred embodiment, the raised member comprises an upwardly extending barrier shaped as a comb, formed by a plurality of slots adapted to selectively receive the connector. The connector has a predetermined power rating, and is keyed such that portable electronic devices configured to draw power at or below the power rating of the connector can be securingly and electrically coupled thereto. The platform may be angled upwardly to both support and present the portable electronic device to the user.

Abstract: A two part electrical connector is configured for high amperage transmission. It includes: a primary non-electrically conductive body first and second electrically conductive connector pins a secondary non-electrically conductive body third and fourth electrically conductive sleeves.

Abstract: A pressure contact holding-type connector in accordance with the present invention is configured to be interposed between opposing electrodes. A conductive pin is located in at least one end portion of each through-hole of an insulating housing having a through-hole oriented in a thickness direction. A flange section provided on the conductive pin is mated with a small-diameter section provided in one end portion of the through-hole to maintain at least part of the conductive pin in a state of accommodation inside the through-hole. And, a conductive coil spring having one end thereof mated with the flange section provided on the conductive pin and pushing the conductive pin with a snap to an exterior of the through-hole is installed inside the through-hole. The conductive pin can be disposed at both ends of the coil spring.

Abstract: A method of making a micro coaxial connector comprises the steps of: providing a number of terminals (20), assembling the terminals to an insulative first housing (10) to achieve a semi finished connector (100?), and molding the semi finished connector to a finished connector (100) with additional melt plastic. The melt plastic is formed into a second housing (13) and the terminals are retained by the first and second housings.

Abstract: A connector has a housing (10) with cavities (11) for receiving terminal fittings (30). Locks (15B) are formed unitarily with the housing and are cantilevered into the cavities (11). Deformation spaces (21) are formed adjacent the lock (15B) to accommodate resilient deformation of the locks (15B). Each lock (15B) has a reinforcing ribs (18) facing into the deformation space (21). Additionally, a wall (41) of the deformation space (21) has an escaping portion (47) for accommodating the reinforcing rib (18). The reinforcing ribs (18) strengthen the locks (15B) and escaping portions (47) prevent enlargement of the housing (10).

Abstract: A relay including a coil, a yoke having a first yoke leg and a second yoke leg, a first connector terminal being electrically connected to a first contact terminal, a second connector terminal being electrically connected to a second contact terminal via a movable contact terminal, and a fuse having, a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion of the fuse being fixedly and directly connected to the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal, respectively.

Abstract: A female terminal, into which a male terminal is inserted and connected, is formed in a shape of a substantially square tube. Respective one portions, in an axial direction and between corner portions, of a ceiling wall, a floor wall, and a pair of left and right side walls, which are four wall portions, are plate spring portions which contact the male terminal while elastically deforming independently of one another. Because the wall portions themselves structure the plate spring portions, there is no need to provide a plate spring within a tube wall, and the female terminal can be made compact. Further, contact pressure is ensured because the respective plate spring portions contact the male terminal from different directions.

Abstract: A telecommunications connector includes first and second pairs of electrical conductors. The first and second pairs of conductors are arranged in one region of the connector such that one conductor of the first pair is selectively positioned to be closer to both of the conductors of the second pair than is the other conductor of the first pair, and such that the one conductor of the first pair couples a common mode signal of a first polarity onto the conductors of the second pair. In another region of the connector the other conductor of the first pair is selectively positioned to be closer to both of the conductors of the second pair to asymmetrically couple a common mode signal of a second polarity onto the conductors of the second pair.

Abstract: A safety system, which stops the motion of a boat or other craft when a person falls off the craft, is comprised of a wireless transmitter carried by the person, a receiver-controller, an actuator, and a spring loaded kill switch (ignition switch). When the person falls off and moves away, the diminution in wireless signal causes the actuator to remove a latch key or clip from the spring-loaded kill switch, thus stopping the engine. The actuator stores manually input energy, to enable the use of a compact and low power solenoid type coil. The system is suited for retrofitting onto boats having lanyard type kill switches.

Abstract: An operation control system for a planing boat can include a mode selection module configured to allow a driver to select a driving mode of either one of a normal operation mode, in which the boat cruises at a speed in response to the displacement of an acceleration controller, and a speed-fixing mode, in which the boat cruises at a fixed speed at a level when a speed-fixing controller is operated. The system can also include a planing condition determination module configured to determine whether a hull is at the stage of planing, in which the mode selection module is configured to prohibit the driving mode from switching to the speed-fixing mode if the planing condition determination module determines that the hull is not at the stage of planning. The mode selection module can also be configured to permit the driving mode to switch to the speed-fixing mode if the planing condition determination module determines that the hull is at the stage of planing.

Abstract: A portable bow thruster for use on the bow of a boat in a body of water having a water line. The bow thruster includes a blower assembly for producing an air flow to provide thrust, an exhaust air duct for expelling the air flow from the blower assembly, pivoting means for pivoting the bow thruster in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, support means for supporting the blower assembly, and a mounting assembly for mounting the bow thruster to the bow of the boat.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided for a personal watercraft in which a portion of the engine that is enlarged to accommodate a balance shaft is minimized in size, whereby the internal combustion engine is made compact. Balance shafts for preventing secondary vibration are arranged together with a crankshaft on a dividing plane between a crankcase and a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine. The balance shafts lie mutually in parallel with the crankshaft. A crankshaft bearing is formed in the dividing plane on each of plural mutually opposed, longitudinally spaced rib pairs, and balance shaft bearing is formed in the dividing plane on a selected rib pair of the plural rib pairs. The balance shaft bearing is positioned so as to be biased in a direction in which the balance shaft bearing is closer to an adjacent rib compared with the crankshaft bearing.

Abstract: A locking system is provided for the cowl structure of an outboard motor. An impulse sensitive locking mechanism is configured to rotate into a locking position in response to an impact, or impulse force, exerted against the outboard motor. This rotation of the impulse sensitive locking mechanism prevents a retention component of the latch structure from moving toward an unlatched position in response to the impact exerted on the outboard motor. This, in turn, prevents the first and second latch members from disengaging with each other and allowing a portion of the cowl to disengage from the outboard motor.

Abstract: A mooring system (10) is described for mooring a vessel to a floor portion of a body of water. The system (10) comprises a substantially rigid, elongate support member (12) having a connecting point (14) adjacent an upper end to which a vessel can be connected and being coupled adjacent a lower end (16) to an anchor on the floor portion, and a displacement buoy (20) slidably received on the support member (12) such that the displacement buoy (20) is capable of moving up and down the support member (12) with wave movement. The mooring system (10) also includes an elongate resilient member (26) operatively associated with the buoy such that upwards movement of the displacement buoy causes the resilient member to stretch.

Abstract: A method for producing a foam product having an outer skin is provided. The outer skin is firstly placed in a mold and then a plurality of polystyrene foam beads are introduced into the mold in order to fill a cavity of the mold with the foam beads, which are heat-bonded with one another under steam pressure subsequently. Accordingly, a surface of the outer skin, which contacts with the foam beads, is entirely heat-bonded with the foam beads. Thus, the foam product with the outer skin is produced and the foam product comprises the outer skin and a polystyrene foam core composed of the foam beads, which are heat-bonded with one another without any spaces.

Abstract: A floatation device is to be worn by a user and includes a front portion, a pair of opposing side portions connected to the front portion, and a pair of rear portions connected to the respective pair of opposing side portions. Each one of the pair of rear portions includes a first end adjacent the respective side portions, and a second end opposite the first end. The second ends of the pair of rear portions define a floatation device closure that is moveable between an opened position and a closed position. The floatation device also includes at least one pocket adjacent at least one of the front portion, and the pair of opposing side portions.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultrafine carbon fiber of the present invention has several steps as follows. In the first step, a semiconductor film is formed over a surface having insulative. In the second step, a first treatment is performed so that a metal element or a silicide of the metal element is segregated on a crystal grain boundary of the semiconductor film after adding the metal element in the semiconductor film. In the third step, a second treatment is performed so that an ultrafine carbon fiber on the surface of the metal element or the silicide of the metal element is formed.

Abstract: A car has a front and a back with a chamber there within. The back of the car includes a fan with a motor. The back of the car also includes a hinged fin extending rearwardly with a driver and a linkage. A source of power is located in the chamber and is coupled to the motor and the driver. A control assembly includes a receiver within the chamber coupled to the motor and the driver. The control assembly also includes a hand held transmitter having a plurality of dials to control the car. Lastly, a race track has an upper plate with apertures with a pump for creating an air flow upwardly through the apertures for supporting the car there above.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method of manufacture and method of use that provides for an easily changeable costume system that allows for quick costumes changes without having to entirely undress and allows for the purchase of add on decorative items to allow for costume changes without having to buy an entirely new costume. According to a preferred embodiment, an interchangeable costuming system is disclosed comprising: a washable foundation with a plurality of first ends of an attachment device fixedly attached; and at least one non-washable decorative cover with at least two second ends of an attachment device fixedly attached. The second ends of the attachment device are intended to removably attach the non-washable decorative cover to the washable foundation so as to provide a washable garment with a non-washable decorative cover. Additional decorative items may be added on.

Abstract: A method of breath-powered sustained pressure induced breast tissue expansion by way of sucking air through silicone tubes attached to semi-rigid plastic domes cushioned by sticky silicone padding and clamping or locking the air pressure inside the domes to create tension on the breasts to enlarge them over a period of at least ten weeks of wear for ten hours per day or night, further including optional improved domes with silicone padding extensions on the outer edges of the domes below the armpits and hooks in back like a bra to create an improved seal to keep the air pressure in while wearer moves about in her daily activities.

Abstract: Device comprising in combination: elements for detecting (4) characteristics of a lens; elements for integrating characteristics representing a patient's morphology; a support (3) of the mobile lens along a predetermined trajectory between a first measuring position and a loading position; grinding elements (20); and elements forming a gripping and clamping clip (25) for transporting the lens from the loading position to the grinding position.

Abstract: Chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) apparatus and methods for detecting polishing pad properties using ultrasonic imaging is presented. An ultrasonic probe assembly transmits ultrasonic signals onto the surface of a polishing pad during a CMP process. Reflected ultrasonic signals are collected and analyzed to monitor polishing pad properties in real-time. This allows CMP process adjustments to be made during the CMP process.

Abstract: An electromagnetic polish head (100) comprises at least one electromagnet. An embodiment may also include the addition of a slurry component or components that can be affected by an electromagnetic field. During polishing or planarization, a field or fields may be generated by the polish head (100) to affect the polishing of a wafer by attracting or repelling the slurry to a portion or portions of the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatus for and methods of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of semiconductor wafers are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises an apparatus for polishing a semiconductor workpiece that includes a polishing pad, a fluid dispenser adapted to dispense a fluid to the polishing pad, and a temperature measurement device adapted to measure the temperature of the fluid. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger adapted to increase or decrease the temperature of the fluid.

Abstract: Monitoring the process of planarizing a workpiece, e.g., conditioning a CMP pad, can present some difficulties. Aspects of this invention provide methods and systems for monitoring and/or controlling such a planarization cycle. For example, a control system may monitor the proximity of a workpiece holder and an abrasion member by measuring the capacitance between a first sensor associated with the workpiece holder and a second sensor associated with the abrasion member. This exemplary control system may adjust a process parameter of the planarization cycle in response to a change in the measured capacitance. This can be useful in endpointing the planarization cycle, for example. In certain applications, the control system may define a pad profile based on multiple capacitance measurements and use the pad profile to achieve better planarity of the planarized surface.

Abstract: A substrate is chemical mechanical polished with a high-selectivity slurry until the stop layer is at least partially exposed, and then the substrate is polished with a low-selectivity slurry until the stop layer is completely exposed.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously planarizing to relatively equal smoothness a thin film magnetic head hardbaked resist structure having relatively low surface energy and one or more additional thin film magnetic head structures containing other materials having comparatively higher surface energy, such as copper, hardbaked resist, alumina and NiFe. The method begins with preparation of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry targeted at equaling the removal rate of the materials to be planarized. The CMP slurry includes a liquid vehicle, an abrasive, and a surfactant. The CMP slurry is applied to the surface of the structures to be planarized and the structures are simultaneously planarized using a CMP planarization technique.

Abstract: A centrifugal processor is disclosed with includes an outer frame having an inner surface and an axis. At least one inner vessel positioned within the outer frame and is adapted to receive an object to be processed. A drive system rotate the inner vessel with respect to the outer frame and along the inner surface of the outer frame. The drive system includes a central shaft engaged with the vessel for rotating the vessel about the axis. An environmental control system is included which channels a secondary medium to or from the vessel to assist in the processing of the object. The environmental control system includes a manifold formed in at least a portion of the central shaft and adapted to channel the secondary medium. At least one port is formed in the central shaft and connected to the manifold. A conduit connects the port and the inner vessel for channeling the secondary medium between the manifold and the interior of the vessel.

Abstract: A plurality of disks include a first disk and a second disk stacked upon the first disk. The first disk and the second disk are each formed from glass or glass-ceramic. A powder is disposed between the first disk and the second disk. The powder is selected from the group including calcium carbonate, calcium magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium borate, magnesium oxide, magnesium phosphate, and clay.

Abstract: The method of sucking water is capable of easily removing excess water included in a backing member adhered on a plate of a polishing apparatus. In the method, the excess water is removed from the backing member by the steps of: pressing a water absorbing member onto a holding surface of the backing member, on which the work piece is adhered and held, so as to absorb the excess water from the backing member; and sucking the excess water absorbed by the water absorbing member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing body, wherein the abrasive in the polishing body are extremely dispersed well, which provides stable polishing performance in the polishing process, and which can effectively reduce the occurrence of scratches even in a case a large quantity of the abrasive are contained. A polishing part constituting the polishing body in the invention is produced obtained by loading predetermined amounts of butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, itaconic acid, acrylic acid, ?-methylstyrenedimer, and t-dodecylmercaptan in an autoclave, making the mixture react for 16 hours at 75° C. to obtain an emulsion wherein a copolymer is dispersed, adjusting this emulsion to pH 8.5, incorporating cerium oxide powder with an average primary particle diameter of 0.3 ?m and stirring to obtain an aqueous dispersion, drying this aqueous dispersion by spreading it thinly across a film, and mold pressing the dried product obtained.