Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator, in which the installation and the repair and replacement of a wire harness are easily achieved. In a refrigerator, in which a main body includes an inner casing, an outer casing, and a heat insulating layer provided between the inner and outer casings, and electric and electronic components including sensors and switches are electrically connected to a printed circuit board through a wire harness, an opening is formed through one side of the main body, and a harness block in which the wire harness and a plurality of connection housings for installing the wire harness are intensively disposed is detachably installed in the opening.

Abstract: An electronic unit includes a case, a printed circuit board, a connector block, and a connector introducing portion. The case is selected from a waterproof case and a non-waterproof case. The connector block is mounted upon the printed circuit board. The connector block has a retaining projection that engages a mating connector. The connector introducing portion is integrally formed with the cases and yet separately from the connector block. The connector introducing portion of the waterproof case has a retaining projection that engages the mating connector. The electronic unit is assembled with the case selected from the waterproof case and the non-waterproof case, and with the printed circuit board and the connector blocks received in the case that has been chosen.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector for electrically connecting to a circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulating base, a conductive terminal accommodated in the insulator, and an end of the conductive terminal having a leading portion for connecting a soldering block. A plurality of supporting members are placed at a bottom surface of the insulating base, the height of the supporting members is variable, and the supporting members together with the soldering blocks are used for supporting the electrical connector. The electrical connector can reduce the gap formed between the conductive terminals and prevent deformation of the electrical connector, so the connecting electronic component connected to the electrical connector have good electrical connection with the circuit board.

Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of grounding members capable of being retrieved from pockets of a carrier tape by pick-and-place equipment, and to then be placed by the pick-and-place equipment onto substrates for establishing electrical grounding contact from electrically-conductive portions on the substrates to card guides. In one exemplary embodiment, a grounding member includes a channel, a resiliently flexible contact finger, and a generally flat portion. The channel is configured to engagingly receive an edge portion of a substrate therein for helping mechanically retain the grounding member to the substrate and establish electrical contact with at least one electrically-conductive portion of the substrate. The resiliently flexible contact finger element is disposed generally opposite the channel.

Abstract: An integrated protection circuit is provided to protect an integrated component against an electrostatic discharge with a conductive structure between the integrated component and a housing terminal, whereby two substantially parallel conductive sections of the conductive structure guide the electrostatic discharge in a preferential direction by inductive coupling.

Abstract: A process to form a substantially thick walled hollow bar by hot rolling an elongate member to form an internal hole, whereby the elongate member is formed around the internal hole and the outer edges of the elongate member are brought substantially into contact with each other or into close proximity to each other such that the outer edges form substantially longitudinal contact faces capable of being forced into very close or intimate contact with each other.

Abstract: An electrical fixture having a front side and a back side and defining longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions substantially orthogonal to one another. The electrical fixture may include a body, a flange, and at least one anchor. The body may have at least one terminal extending laterally to the exterior thereof. The flange may extend laterally and longitudinally from the body to substantially preclude transverse access to the terminal from the front side of the electrical fixture. The at least one anchor may transversely extend from the flange to provide securement with a connection box.

Abstract: An electrical connector may include a body and a sleeve rotatably attached to body. The sleeve may include at least one slot adapted to engage at least one other connector, and at least one indicator groove adapted to align with the at least one other connector.

Abstract: Provided are a rotary joint and housing segments of a rotary joint which can handle the case where, for example, the number of chemical solutions used is increased or decreased at low cost and which contribute to a reduction in production costs and lead time.

Abstract: A fixing bolt is inserted into a through hole of an end-face member and screwed with a screw hole of a valve holding member, by which a discharge valve is sandwiched by the end-face member and the valve holding member. Thus, since a thickness of the end-face member can be provided thinner, a capacity of a discharge hole of the end-face member is made smaller so that degradation of operating efficiency as well as increase of operating noise are prevented.

Abstract: A connector, such as for harsh environments, may include first and second connector portions movable between unmated and mated positions. The first connector portion may include a first base, a male contact carried by the first base and extending outwardly therefrom, and a first shell carried by the first base and surrounding the male contact. The second connector portion may include a second base, and a female contact carried by the second base and extending outwardly therefrom. The second connector portion may further include an inner bladder carried by the second base and defining a bladder chamber surrounding the female contact, and a second shell carried by the second base and surrounding the bladder. A dual-level bladder connector embodiment may include an end cap defining a seal to end portions of the inner bladder opposite the second base, and an outer bladder surrounding the inner bladder.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a contact held by a housing and an operating member for operating the contact. The housing includes an insertion recess into which a shaft-like terminal is inserted along a first direction. A pair of elastic pieces of the contact respectively include clamp portions for clipping the terminal in predetermined clamping directions orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction is along a radial direction of the terminal. The operating member includes a widening operating portion for widening the distance between the clamp portions of the pair of elastic pieces.

Abstract: An electrical contact modifier is configured to allow the use of a “single-element” medium base light bulb in a three-way lamp holder/switch. The device allows the three-way switch to replicate the “OFF-ON” functionality of a standard one-way light switch. The apparatus may be implemented as a single-socket bulb extender, or alternately, a device that is concealed within the lamp holder body and/or attached to the base of a one-way “single-element” light bulb.

Abstract: A connector for a flat conductor includes a terminal maintaining a flat plane shape and having a fixed arm portion and a movable arm portion extending in a same direction. The fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion are connected through a joining portion at an intermediate portion thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof. A housing securely holds the fixed arm portion. The movable arm portion has a press portion on one end thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof and a pressed portion on the other end thereof. A cam portion of a pressure member presses the pressed portion to displace the pressed portion when the pressure member moves in a specific direction. When the pressed portion is displaced within the plane, the movable arm portion is displaced around the joining portion as a lever to displace the press portion, so that the press portion presses the flat conductor.

Abstract: A object of the present invention is to enable a double-locking of female terminals without making a whole connector larger in size or complicating a structure thereof while maintaining fine waterproof function. A female connector C1 includes a female housing 12 for retaining a female terminal 10 and a seal member holder 16. The seal member holder 16 retains a seal member 14 having through holes 14a. When the seal member holder 16 is completely attached to the female housing 12, the seal member 14 comes in close contact with a front surface of the female housing 12.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector including an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals. The conductive terminal includes a fastening part and a contacting part connecting to an electrical component. The insulating body has a plurality of terminal holes along a direction which the contacting part of the conductive terminal extends along. Wherein, the contacting parts of the Nth row of the conductive terminal extends and passes through between the (N+1)th row. Accordingly, the electrical connector of the invention has a suitable distance between the conductive terminals, and a short circuit can be avoided. Further, an electrical connection between the conductive terminal and the electrical component is more stable, and the conductive terminals can be arranged compactly.

Abstract: A land grid array connector (100) has a stiffener defining a window (305) thereon, a metal clip (40) pivotably coupling with stiffener, a lever (50) engaging on the stiffener, a housing (10) received in the window of the stiffener and a number of contacts mounted to the housing. The lever includes a pair of locating portions (501) and an offset actuating portion (503) disposed between the locating portions. The clip includes a projecting portion (400) having a depress portion (405) for receiving the offset actuating portion of the lever, a protruding portion (406) bending upwardly and inwardly from an end of the depress portion and a pair of guiding portions (4060) extending outwardly from the protruding portion for resisting against opposite ends of the offset actuating portion.

Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a body, a circuit board, and a USB plug. The body includes a top cover and a bottom cover. The top cover is engaged with the bottom cover. The circuit board is disposed in the body. The USB plug includes a metallic plug and an insulating portion connecting with the metallic plug. The USB plug is detachably disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover and transits between a first position and a second position. When the USB plug is in the first position, the metallic plug and the insulating portion abut against the top cover and the bottom cover. When the USB plug is in the second position, the metallic plug is disposed outside the body.

Abstract: An exemplary orienting structure includes two locating units, a first supporting bump, and a second supporting bump. Each of the locating units includes a first portion and a second portion perpendicular to the first portion. The first supporting bump and the locating units cooperatively define a sliding track configured for slidingly receiving a male connector. A female connector is disposed on the second supporting bump and aligned with the sliding track. The first portions of the locating units function as guides for blocking movement along a first axis of the sliding track. The first supporting bump in cooperation with the second portions of the locating units function as guides for blocking movement along a second axis of the sliding track. When the male connector is slid along the sliding track, the sliding is in a direction perpendicular to both the first and second axes of the sliding track.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact arrangement for a measuring probe or a measuring head for measuring high frequency, especially on a semiconductor wafer. The arrangement comprises a contact end for electrically contacting planar structures. A coplanar conductor structure having at lease two conductors carried by a dielectric is provided at the contact end. Between the dielectric and the contact end, the measuring tip is configured in such a manner that the conductors of the coplanar conductor structure are disposed in mid-air and in a resilient manner in relation to the dielectric retaining them. The invention is characterized in that the dielectric is provided with at least one arrangement for transmitting electrical signals, the arrangement being electrically connected to at least one conductor of the conductor structure in such a manner that the arrangement transmits signals from the at least one conductor that is electrically connected to the arrangement.

Abstract: A base assembly is provided for a meter socket assembly of a meter center including an enclosure having a panel member. The meter socket assembly includes a meter. The base assembly includes a base member having a first side coupled to the panel member, a second side disposed opposite and distal from the first side, and first and second ends. Meter jaws are disposed on the second side of the base member and receive the meter. Electrical bus members are coupled to the base member at or about the first side thereof, and are electrically connected to at least one of the meter jaws at or about the second side thereof. The electrical bus members are coupled to and supported by the base member of the base assembly, without the use of a number of separate fasteners. A meter socket assembly and meter center are also disclosed.

Abstract: A quick change mechanism is provided for a meter socket assembly including a base member structured to be coupled to a meter, a number of electrical bus members extending outwardly from the base member, and at least one electrical connector electrically connectable to a corresponding one of the electrical bus members. The quick change mechanism includes a foundation and a receiving portion disposed generally opposite and distal from the foundation and including a number of apertures. Each aperture receives a corresponding one of the electrical bus members. Resilient protrusions extend outwardly from the receiving portion and are operable between an undeflected position in which the resilient protrusion secures the electrical connector on such electrical bus member, and a deflected position in which the resilient protrusion is deflected away from the electrical connector in order that the electrical connector is removable from such electrical bus member.

Abstract: Disclosed therein are a conductor base and a finger module of an air circuit breaker. Since the connector of the conductor base has the curved surface formed on a side of an end portion thereof and tooth-coupled with the contactor of the finger module, the contactor of the finger module has another curved surface corresponding to the curved surface of the connector and the contactor is elastically supported in a vertical direction by the plate spring to allow both end portions of the contactor to perform a vertical elastic movement relative to a longitudinal center of the contactor, the present invention can prevent damages due to a mechanical impact between the connector of the conductor base and the contactor of the finger module, which may occur while the breaker terminal is inserted into the finger module, to thereby extend the lifespan of the conductor base and the finger module.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a high voltage application. The connector may include a plug housing having a plurality of plug openings and a header housing have a plurality of header openings. The plurality of header openings may be matable with a respective plug opening. A plurality of sockets are insertable into each respective plug opening. A plurality of pins may be operable to be received by a corresponding socket. The plug housing and sockets may be configured to maintain a seal with the plug housing connected to and disconnected from the header housing.

Abstract: A surface mount insulation terminal is formed of flat deformable conductive member to provide a substantially uniform U-shaped cross-section to form a wire-receiving channel. One or more piercing spikes are formed on a bottom wall of the channel and point to an opposing open side through which a conductor may be introduced. Ribs inside the channel provide an interference fit with a conductor introduced into the channel. A crimping tool lowered into engagement with the terminal after it has been soldered to a PCB increasingly deforms the side walls of the terminal inwardly towards each other and towards the bottom wall to enhance the electrical and mechanical properties of the resulting termination.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body, a mandrel disposed inside the connector body and a compression member radially adjacent to one end of the connector body. A plurality of inner rings and at least one outer ring are interleaved in a wedging relationship inside the connector body outside a portion of a mandrel. As the compression member is axially advanced, the inner and outer rings are driven into a wedging engagement between the coaxial cable and the connector body. At least one of the inner rings is composed of a deformable material which when compressed forms a continuous seal with the coaxial cable.

Abstract: For improving efficiency of inserting terminals into each connector housing and reducing working area in processes by eliminating rearrangement of wires with terminals, a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for wiring harnesses, including a cutting device cutting a wire in a predetermined length, a terminal joining device joining terminals with both ends of the cut wire, a transferring device transferring the wire with terminals, and a terminal inserting device inserting the terminals into the each connector housing supported at a connector supporting jig, further includes a pair of chucks picking up the wire with terminals from the transferring device and a pair of terminal inserting heads as the terminal inserting device. The terminal inserting heads can move at least in a direction of a row of the connector housings independently of the pair of chucks.

Abstract: The plug (10) comprises first (10?) and second (10?) portions, wherein said second portion is arrangeable in the cylindrical cavity of a socket, a sleeve (12) consisting of first (12?) and second (12?) parts and an abutment element (11) for blocking the sleeve (12) displacement in the cylindrical cavity direction. Said abutment element (11) and the plug (10) are embodied in one piece and said second part (12?) of the sleeve is selected such that it is flexible in order to enable the sleeve (12) to be displaceable over the abutment element (11).

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a slide connector that can be adapted to electrically couple a first circuit board to a second circuit board. The first circuit board can comprise a first receptacle. The second circuit board can comprise a second receptacle. The slide connector can be adapted to be slideably releaseably coupled to each of the first receptacle and the second receptacle.

Abstract: A metallic housing structure for USB connectors, includes a housing body and a lid body. The housing body has a base plate, two side plates extending up from the two sides of the base plate and a top plate connected to the upper front of the two side plates. The back part of the top of the housing body forms an opening hole. The lid body is formed as a integral piece and is connected to the housing body. The lid body can close up the opening hole. Thus, a metallic housing structure is formed that reduced material and molding costs, increases production efficiency and offers better electromagnetic shielding.

Abstract: An end portion of a shielding layer is inserted between an inner tubular portion and an outer tubular portion of a shield ring by the use of a tubular pushing jig, and in this condition when a shield shell is inserted into the shield ring in a direction opposite to the direction of inserting of the shielding layer, the shield ring is pressed by the shield shell, so that a gap between the inner tubular portion and the outer tubular portion decreases, and the shielding layer is firmly held between the inner and outer tubular portions, thereby achieving a fixed condition of the shielding layer. Namely, the shield ring and the shield shell are fixed to the end portion of the shielding layer.

Abstract: A system for managing and documenting a local area communications network is provided which deploys power sourcing equipment and powered devices by the use of active electronic modules, having an Ethernet controller and Power over Ethernet forwarding capabilities, as integral, managed components within the cable plant, to enhance management, documentation, security and emergency 911 aspects of the network as well as extending the physical reach of the network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors. Specifically, the methods and systems relate to isolation and compensation techniques for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors for use with high-speed data cabling. A frame can be configured to receive a number of connectors. Shield structures may be positioned to isolate at least a subset of the connectors from one another. The connectors can be positioned to move at least a subset of the connectors away from alignment with a common plane. A signal compensator may be configured to adjust a data signal to compensate for alien crosstalk. The connectors are configured to efficiently and accurately propagate high-speed data signals by, among other functions, minimizing alien crosstalk.

Abstract: A keyed modular connection system including a nonstandard wiring configuration, a plug wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration and including exterior surfaces that define plug recesses, a jack wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration and including interior surface that define jack recesses, plug protrusions extending from the external surfaces of the plug and configured to be received by the jack recesses when the plug is inserted into the jack, jack protrusions extending from the internal surfaces of the jack and configured to be received by the plug recesses when the plug is inserted into the jack, and when a plug not wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration is attempted to be inserted into the jack, the jack protrusions prevent the attempted insertion, and when the plug is attempted to be inserted into a jack not wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration, the plug protrusions prevent the attempted insertion.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a cable management device is configured to support one or more electrical devices. The cable management device can include: (a) a housing defining an interior space and having one or more apertures extending from an exterior of the housing to the interior space; and (b) one or more electrical outlets located in the interior space of the housing. The housing can include: (a) a stationary portion with a support mechanism; and a cover hingedly attached to the stationary portion. Other embodiments are disclosed in this application.

Abstract: A jack assembly having a body, a first conductor extending longitudinally through the body between a first jack at the first end of the body and a second jack at the second end of the body, a second conductor extending longitudinally through the body between a third jack at the first end of the body and a fourth jack at the second end of the body, and a spring assembly coupled to the body. The spring assembly includes first and second conductive arms extending from a non-conductive coupling device. Each arm includes a distal end having a bifurcated dual-beam configuration. Each arm is biased outwardly from the non-conductive coupling device so as to contact a respective one of the conductors. Each arm has a first position in electrical communication with the respective conductor and being movable to a second position electrically isolated from the respective conductor.

Abstract: A socket device with an indication portion comprises a colored sleeve; the sleeve being made by high molecular organic plastics; a socket; the sleeve being rotatable installed on the socket; an indication portion on a surface of the sleeve for indicating a value about the size of the socket. The socket has an annular recess for receiving the sleeve. The sleeve may be an annular ring; or the sleeve is a C ring; or the sleeve has a protrusion and the protrusion is received in the annular recess.

Abstract: A board-stacking connector has surface-mounting connections to electrical contact pads or lands on two facing surfaces on two printed circuit boards that are spaced from each other a predetermined distance in two substantially parallel planes. The connector takes the form of a generally cylindrical shell of metallic material and defines an axis and a substantially uniform cross-sectional area along that axis. The shell has a wall closed on itself to define an internal cavity forming two openings, one at each of its axial ends, and this wall further defines generally flat contact surfaces normal to said axis and surrounds each of said respective openings. One of the contact surfaces is arranged to be in contact with a pad or land on one printed circuit board and the other of the contact surfaces is arranged to be in contact with a pad or land on the other spaced printed circuit board.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus for electrically connecting a plurality of photovoltaic modules in a solar panel includes a first electrically conductive line engageable with and capable of electrically connecting a plurality of first output contacts of the photovoltaic modules along a common axis.

Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.

Abstract: A hybrid type outdoor motor includes a propeller, an electric motor that generates a drive force to rotate the propeller, and an engine that generates a drive force to rotate the propeller. The engine discharges exhaust gas in water. A control apparatus that controls the hybrid type outboard motor includes a speed instruction unit arranged to generate a speed instruction value indicative of the rotational speed of the propeller, and a control unit arranged to change from a first mode, in which only the drive force of the electric motor is transmitted to the propeller, to the second mode, in which the drive force of the engine is transmitted to the propeller. The control unit changes from the first to second modes depending on a rotation direction of the propeller and the speed instruction value generated by the speed instruction unit.

Abstract: The control apparatus controls an outboard motor having a propeller and an engine that rotates the propeller and discharges exhaust gas in water. The control apparatus includes a judgment unit arranged to determine a reduction in the propulsive force of the outboard motor due to in-water exhaust of the engine, and a control unit arranged to control the engine such that, when the judgment unit determines that a reduction in the propulsive force occurs, the output of the engine is increased as compared to when the judgment unit determines that a reduction in the propulsive force does not occur.

Abstract: An outboard motor having a steering control and a rudder reference sensor, both connectible to a computer-operated guidance system, The steering control utilizes a linear actuator connected through a linkage to the motor. The actuator utilizes a rack that moves along the axis about which the motor pivots from its use position to its storage position, thereby enabling the rudder position sensor remain connected to the motor when the motor is pivoted from its use position to its storage position. The sensor can include a follower disposed in a sloping groove on the rack, a pin on the rack engaged in a helical groove on a cylinder, or an externally mounted sensor connected to the steering linkage through an auxiliary linkage.

Abstract: Device designed for regenerating the human dermis presented in the form of a multilayer complex combining an absorbable polymeric internal matrix able to induce the regeneration of the dermis by contact with muscle or subcutaneous tissue, an open-work textile mesh and a transparent external support wherein the open-work textile mesh is contained in the body of the transparent support.

Abstract: Disclosed are partially fluorinated amino acid derivatives useful as organogelators and surface treatment materials to provide oil- and water-repellency properties to substrates. Also disclosed are composite materials, comprising a porous support and a porous nanoweb. The porous nanoweb contains fibrous structures of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm effective average fiber diameter as determined with electron microscopy.

Abstract: A wound care product is a nonwoven fabric made of filaments bulked from a tow and fixed into a 3-dimensional structure.

Abstract: A process for stripping spinning solvent from a solution-spun nonwoven web by transporting a nonwoven web comprising solvent-laden polymeric fibers having average fiber diameters of less than about 1 micrometer through a solvent stripping zone wherein a solvent stripping fluid heated to at least about 70° C. impinges on the nonwoven web in order to reduce the solvent concentration of the fibers to less than about 10,000 ppmw.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing field emission devices using a half tone photomask includes: sequentially forming lower electrodes, an insulation layer, an upper electrode material layer and a photoresist on a substrate; arranging a half tone photomask above the photoresist and exposing the photoresist to light and developing the photoresist, the photomask having a predetermined pattern including a first pattern shielding light and a second shape through which a portion of light is transmitted; forming a plurality of insulation layer holes exposing the lower electrodes in the insulation layer by etching the upper electrode material layer exposed by the developed photoresist and the insulation layer below the upper electrode material layer; etching the developed photoresist, the developed photoresist remaining only on a portion of the upper electrode material layer which is to form the upper electrodes; forming the upper electrodes by etching the upper electrode material layer through the etched photoresist; and rem

Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) includes first and second substrates facing each other and having a display region and a non-display region, a first stacking layer in the display region, the first stacking layer including an array layer disposed on the first substrate and having a thin film transistor, a connection pattern connected with the array layer, and an emitting diode disposed on the second substrate and connected with the connection pattern, and a second stacking layer between the first and second substrates and in the non-display region, the second stacking layer corresponding to the first stacking layer.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to toys, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing a toy that incorporates illuminated components. In one embodiment, the toy includes a frame; an illumination source, the illumination source being proximately located relative to the frame, the illumination source being limited to a given wavelength of light; and an object, the object configurable to being removably disposable on the frame, the object being at least partially glowable in response to the illumination source. In one particular embodiment, the frame includes a base and a back member wherein the illumination source is coupled to the frame and configurable to illuminate any of the base and the back member.