Abstract: A connector housing (20) includes a receptacle (22) to be arranged in an opening (91) of a panel (90) obliquely with respect to a plate surface of the panel (90) and a jaw (27) protruding out from the housing body and having one surface facing the plate surface of the panel (90). A sealing member (50) has an annular shape to surround an outer periphery of the connector housing (20) and includes a panel lip (57) to be held in close contact with the plate surface of the panel (90) and inner and outer housing lips (58) to be held in close contact with the one surface of the jaw (27). A thickness of the sealing member in an in-out direction is reduced from the side of the housing lips (58) to the side of the panel lip (57).

Abstract: A charge port assembly for an electrified vehicle includes a housing having an opening and a first interchangeable seal removably received within the opening. A molding method for molding a charge port assembly includes injecting a first shot of material into a mold cavity to form a housing of the charge port assembly, positioning an insert within the mold cavity, and injecting a second shot of material into the mold cavity to form an interchangeable seal within the housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive contacts affixed to the insulative housing, a shell enclosing the insulative housing, and an o-ring attached to a front end of the shell. The insulative housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The shell includes a front surface, an outer surface, and an inner surface. There exists a mating room between the inner surface of the shell and the tongue portion. The o-ring includes an internal attached surface attached to the inner surface of the shell.

Abstract: A three-way splice assembly for splicing together a first cable, a second cable, and a third cable. The assembly includes an exterior enclosure, an interior enclosure positioned within the exterior enclosure, and an insulation layer positioned between the exterior enclosure and the interior enclosure. The assembly also includes a first port, a second port, and a third port, each extending from the exterior enclosure, through the insulation layer, and into the interior enclosure and each sized to receive one of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable, respectively. The assembly further includes a terminal configured to electrically connect a respective conductor from the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable to form a three-way splice, and a fuse configured to be electrically connected between the terminal and one of the conductors of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable.

Abstract: A connector includes an inner receptacle (13), an outer receptacle (12) for covering an outer periphery of the inner receptacle (13), a first terminal fitting (50) arranged to project inside the inner receptacle (13), and second terminal fittings (60) arranged to project outside the inner receptacle (13) and inside the outer receptacle (12). A mating housing (80) is fit into the outer receptacle (12). A tip of the inner receptacle (13) is located forward of tips of the first and second terminal fittings (50, 60).

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are described for connecting multiple electrical connectors as a group with corresponding receiving sockets, or connection ports, in a medical device. A multiple electrical connector plate acts as an intermediate connector for quickly engaging or disengaging a group of electrodes with the corresponding device as a single unit. The connection plate includes multiple sections that allow a connector to be snapped securely in place on the connection plate such that the connector does not pull or push free from its snapped in location, resulting in group handling of electrical connectors that is less time consuming, reduces errors and positively impacts the quality of medical care.

Abstract: A power distribution assembly includes a first lug pad electrically coupled to a first phase of a run-over bus and a first cradle including a horizontal portion, a first end having a first vertical portion coupled thereto, and a second end having a second vertical portion coupled thereto. The first lug pad is received on the horizontal portion. A support is coupled to the first vertical portion and one or more braces are coupled to the second vertical portion. Lug assemblies and lug and bus assemblies are disclosed, as are other aspects.

Abstract: A lock arm (12) of a first connector (10) includes a locking part including a locking piece (154) that directly engages with a locking projection (22) of a second connector (20), and an operating part (14) including an operating knob (144) to be pressed. The locking part (15) includes locking part coupling arms (153a and 153b), locking part supporting arms (151a and 151b), and locking part legs (152a and 152b) connecting the arms to an upper surface (11a) of a first housing 11. The operating part (14) includes an operating part supporting arm (141), operating part coupling arms (143a and 143b), and an operating part leg (142) connecting the arms to the upper surface (11a). The locking part coupling arms (153aand 153b) and the operating part coupling arms (143a and 143b) are respectively connected via coupling parts (16a and 16b). The operating part leg (142) is disposed between the locking part leg (152a and 152b).

Abstract: A connector is provided having a plurality of leads generally arranged in columns extending substantially parallel each other in a column direction and being adjacent each other in a row direction. At least one first column includes at least one first pair of signal leads substantially parallel each other in a first pair direction to form a first differential pair. In at least a portion of the connector the first pair direction extends at an acute angle to the column direction. Further, an assembly, and a circuit board are provided.

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes electronic equipment and a port assembly electrically coupled to the electronic equipment. The port assembly can include a port to receive a plug as well as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) grounding member disposed on the periphery of the port assembly. The apparatus can further include a housing to securely house the equipment. The housing can include a panel with a panel opening for the port assembly. The panel opening can include a vent portion to permit air venting for the electronic equipment through the vent portion of the panel when a plug is plugged into the port.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable unit for connecting devices in a system, in particular in a patient monitoring system, to enable wireless exchange of data and/or power between them. The proposed cable unit comprises a cable (510) and a connector (520, 530) arranged at each end of said cable, said connector comprising a data transmission unit (522, 532) for transmitting data to and/or receiving data from a device having a counterpart connector and a magnetic coupling unit (521, 531) for transmitting power to and/or receiving power from another device of the system having a counterpart connector by use of inductive coupling.

Abstract: To avoid the disadvantages of additionally required space, unwanted crosstalk and deterioration in transmission properties that are concomitant with a separate transformer, a plug connector is proposed, comprising: a plug base with terminal contacts for external contacting of the plug connector, base-side connection contacts, and a transformer unit for galvanic separation in a conductive path between the terminal contacts and the base-side connection contacts and a plug body with plug contacts, the plug base and the plug body enclosing a contact element for connecting the base-side connection contacts to the plug contacts and the contact element being planar in a plane perpendicular to a plug-in direction of the plug body. A shielding element for the plug connector is also proposed.

Abstract: A vehicle plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer includes a power conductor and one or more video signal conductors. The power conductor is configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer includes one or more video cameras. The one or more video signal conductors are configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer.

Abstract: An interchangeable connection module for electrically connecting an electrical switching unit to an electrical installation includes a connecting part and an actuation button. The button is translatably movable between a rest position and a pressed position in order to move a corresponding deformable elastic strip into a depressed position thereof when the module is connected with the unit and the button is moved into the pressed position thereof. The connection module includes a locking device that is capable of cooperating with a locking interface of the unit, it being possible to actuate this locking device with the button.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a multi-wire electrical cable includes at least two cable-side electrical contact elements including associated terminals to each of which is connected a wire of the electrical cable, and at least two output-side electrical contact elements, from each of which projects an electrical connector element by which a mating connector is electrically connectable. A tubular outer conductor extends along a longitudinal direction from a cable-side end to an output-side end and encloses the cable-side and output-side contact elements. At least one stranded drain wire of the electrical cable contacts a shield of the electrical cable and is guided to the electrical connector separately from the wires of the electrical cable. The outer conductor has at least one second slot extending along the longitudinal direction of the outer conductor, and the drain wire is received in the second slot in the outer conductor.

Abstract: A connector for a coaxial cable includes a coupler configured to engage another coaxial cable connector. The connector further includes a body disposed at least partially within the coupler. The connector further includes an outer conductor engager made of a conductive material disposed within the body and the coupler. The connector further includes a biasing element on an interior of the body. During a coupling of the connector to the coaxial cable: a connector end of the outer conductor engager moves axially relative to the body, the outer conductor engager is compressed by the biasing element, and an interior of the outer conductor engager is inwardly compressed against an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.

Abstract: A signal transmission line, includes: a coaxial electrical connector comprising a coaxial electrical connector inner conductor and a coaxial outer conductor; a coaxial cable comprising a coaxial inner conductor and a coaxial outer conductor; and a section of resistive cable disposed between the coaxial cable and the coaxial connector, the section of resistive cable comprising an electrically thin resistive layer disposed between the coaxial cable inner conductor and a section outer conductor. The coaxial cable inner conductor is fastened to the coaxial electrical connector inner conductor.

Abstract: Infrastructure management device housing a multitude of serial ports and communicatively connected over a network may configure IT device(s) communicatively connected over a communications interface. The infrastructure management device may discover and/or cluster IT device(s). An IT device information may be indexed and searched based criteria applied to the IT device index. Action(s) may be performed on one or more IT device(s), determined at least in part, by an IT device information.

Abstract: Connector inserts having retention features with good reliability and holding force. These connector inserts may include ground contacts that provide an insertion portion having a reduced length. These connector inserts may be reliable, have an attractive appearance, and be readily manufactured.

Abstract: An improved patch panel assembly includes a frame and faceplate that mate with a housing, and the housing defines a plurality of individual communication ports. The housing is mounted to the patch panel frame and includes jack openings that accommodate data jacks and circuit board openings that accommodate mating blades of circuit boards. The two sets of openings are separated on the housing by an intervening spacing and interposer terminal sets are provided to electrically interconnect the jacks with circuits on the circuit boards. The patch panel housings may be formed in discrete groupings so that, if desired, the patch panels may have ports that are grouped together by bandwidth, storage capability and the like. Inasmuch as the housings are mounted to the patch panel frames, the jacks and the circuit boards can be easily and individually replaced, repaired or upgraded with similar components without requiring disassembly of the patch panel.

Abstract: A connector assembly for voltage monitoring of bus bars electrically connecting adjacent battery cells of a battery module includes a connector having a plurality of terminals configured to be mated with a control module connector associated with the battery module. A multi-wire planar cable extends from the connector. The multi-wire planar cable has a plurality of wires terminated to corresponding terminals and a common jacket for the plurality of wires. The jacket has grooves between adjacent wires for controlled separation of the wires and surrounding jacket portions at a sensor end of the multi-wire planar cable to define separated planar cable segments. The separated planar cable segments are routed to different areas for termination to different voltage sensors associated with corresponding bus bars.

Abstract: A laminated busbar assembly includes a substrate, a positive current metal plate provided with a first pin, a negative current metal plate provided with a second pin, and an output current metal plate provided with a third pin. The substrate is provided with a pad hole group including a first pad hole, a second pad hole, and a third pad hole. The pad hole group is electrically connected to copper cladded on the substrate to form wirings. The positive current metal plate, the negative current metal plate, and the output current metal plate re all arranged on the first side of the substrate in a laminated manner. The first pin passes through first pad hole, the second pin passes through the second pad hole, and the third pin passes through the third pad hole.

Abstract: An adjustable impedance high speed data connector, and methods for assembling and operating thereof. The adjustable impedance high speed data connector of this invention includes a printed circuit board accommodated within, or printed or stamped onto, a tray, the printed circuit board including sets of terminals respectively extending on opposite ends of the printed circuit board. Mounted onto the printed circuit board and electrically connected thereto is at least one electric module having a fixed or adjustable capacitance or a fixed or adjustable inductance, which may be combined in any desired combination to achieve a desired impedance for the connector. By adjusting the variable capacitance or inductance of the electric module (or the variable combinations of capacitance and/or inductance of a plurality of electric modules), the impedance within the connector is adjustable for allowing the connector to operate at various ranges of bandwidths.

Abstract: A rotating socket comprises a wiring assembly, a rotating assembly, an elastic member, a locking mechanism, and a housing. The wiring assembly comprises a fixing base and lugs, the fixing base comprises a substrate and a side wall. The rotating assembly comprises a panel, a rotating base, conductive tabs and conductive rings. The locking mechanism controlling whether the rotating base is separated from the fixing base. When the locking mechanism is in a locked state, the rotating base compresses the elastic member, and one end of the rotating base away from the panel abuts against the substrate and is limited by the side wall; when the locking mechanism is in a unlocked state, the rotating base is separated from the fixed base by resilient force of the elastic member and free to be rotated.

Abstract: Commutator of the present invention includes electrically conductive part, resin part, ceramic part, first mixing part and second mixing part. First mixing part contains an electrically conductive material and a ceramic material in mixture. In first mixing part, a content of the electrically conductive material decreases and a content of the ceramic material increases from electrically conductive part toward ceramic part. Second mixing part contains the ceramic material and the resin material in mixture. In second mixing part, a content of the ceramic material decreases and a content of the resin material increases from ceramic part toward resin part.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrical slip ring device comprised of a stator, a rotor and an independent rotationally free brush ring. The brush ring may include a multitude of slipping fingers, chevrons or other current carrying structures that extend between the rotor and the stator. These current carrying structures have a directional bias or “lay”. The rotational freedom of the brush ring enables bi-directional movement of the rotor with reduced torque and wear at the sliding interfaces because sliding always occurs in the direction of the lay.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for applying an electrical terminal to one or more conductors, possibly provided with an external electrical insulation layer, comprising the following steps: placing the end portions of the conductors in a housing portion of the terminal; applying heat and pressure in such a way as to compact and/or join the end portions of the conductors and the housing portion of the electrical terminal and to remove any respective electrical insulation layers at least at the level of the housing portion of the electrical terminal. The application of pressure and heat causes the opposite walls to close on the end portions of the conductors. Said electrical terminal comprises an electrical connection portion that extends from the housing portion. The invention also concerns a device or piece of equipment for the application of an electrical terminal, a metal element and an electrical terminal.

Abstract: When molds (31a), (31b) are caused to mesh so that a crimping portion (5) is compressed, the crimping portion (5) is crimped to conductive wires (25) and a cover portion (27). A conductor crimping portion (7) is completely compressed by the molds (31a), (31b). A cover crimping portion (9) preliminarily compresses the cover portion (27). Next, temporarily compressed terminal-equipped electrical wires are disposed between different molds. When the molds are caused to mesh so that the crimping portion (5) is compressed, the cover crimping portion (9) is forcefully compressed. In other words, the cover crimping portion (9) is subjected to final compression. In other words, the present invention is provided with a first compression step for preliminarily compressing the cover portion (27) and a second compression step for forcefully compressing the covering part.

Abstract: A holding frame for a plug-type connector is intended to have good heat resistance and a high level of mechanical robustness and, when installed in a metallic plug-type connector housing, enable protective grounding while at the same time being convenient to use, in particular during the replacement of individual modules. For this purpose, the holding frame can have base frame and resilient cheek parts, which are formed from different materials. The base frame is used for fixing an accommodated connector module or modules in a plane. The resilient cheek parts can assume an insertion state and a holding state, wherein the insertion state permits insertion of at least one connector module into the holding frame in a direction transverse to the plane, and wherein the accommodated connector module is fixed in the holding state.

Abstract: A method of spectrally multiplexing diode pump modules to increase brightness includes generating one or more pump beams from respective diode lasers at a first wavelength in a diode laser package, generating one or more pump beams from respective diode lasers at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength in the diode laser package, wavelength combining at least one of the pump beams at the first wavelength with at least one of the pump beams at the second wavelength to form one or more combined pump beams, and receiving the combined pump beams in a pump fiber coupled to the diode laser package. Laser systems can include multi-wavelength pump modules and a gain fiber having a core actively doped so as to have an absorption spectrum corresponding to the multiple wavelength, the gain fiber situated to receive the pump light and to produce an output beam at an output wavelength.

Abstract: The invention relates to an external cavity tunable laser with dual beam outputs. The first laser cavity of the tunable laser comprises a first laser cavity mirror, a laser gain medium, an intracavity collimating lens, an active optical phase modulator, a tunable acousto-optic filter, a tunable Fabry-Perot tunable filter, a second reflection mirror all disposed inside a laser cavity sequentially, and a laser driver and control system. The laser cavity beam reflected by the first laser cavity mirror enters the tunable acousto-optic filter to generate a zeroth order diffracted beam as the first laser output beam. The laser cavity beam reflected by the second laser cavity mirror enters the tunable acousto-optic filter to generate a zeroth order diffracted beam as the second laser output beam. The tunable laser further comprises a wavelength locker outside the laser cavity.

Abstract: A lidar system can include a solid-state laser to emit pulses of light. The solid-state laser can include a Q-switched laser having a gain medium and a Q-switch. The lidar system can also include a scanner configured to scan the emitted pulses of light across a field of regard and a receiver configured to detect at least a portion of the scanned pulses of light scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system can also include a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based at least in part on a round-trip time of flight for an emitted pulse of light to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.

Abstract: A coaxial transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) including a side-by-side laser diode and monitor photodiode package, consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, may be used in an optical transceiver for transmitting an optical signal at a channel wavelength. In an embodiment, the coaxial TOSA includes a laser sub-mount coupled to a mounting region defined by a body of the coaxial TOSA. The laser sub-mount includes a monitor photodiode disposed adjacent to a side of a laser diode such that a sensor region of the monitor photodiode is disposed within, or in close proximity to, a light cone emitted by a light emitting surface of the laser diode. The monitor photodiode is thus configured to directly receive a portion of emitted channel wavelengths from the laser diode for monitoring purposes.

Abstract: A laser driving control apparatus includes: a driver that constant-voltage drives a laser light source that radiates laser light by supplying a pulse signal in which a plurality of pulses, each pulse width thereof being changeable, is generated at a predetermined cycle; and a controller that performs control to change the pulse width of each of the plurality of pulses so that a first change amount of the pulse width when a present-time pulse width is changed to a preceding pulse width prior to reaching a pulse width at which a target light quantity is obtained stably is larger than a second change amount of the pulse width when the present-time pulse width is changed to a target pulse width corresponding to a driving current at an ON time of the laser light source in a steady state in which the target light quantity is obtained stably.

Abstract: A dot projector with automatic power control includes a housing covering a substrate with an installing space and a platform therein, an automatic power control integrated circuit, a photodiode and a reflector disposed under the platform of the housing, a collimator disposed in the installing space of the housing and a diffractive optical element bonded on the platform of the housing. Whereby a laser diode emits a laser light to the reflector for the laser light to be reflected perpendicularly through the collimator to the diffractive optical element; then the diffractive optical element produces a plurality of light spots and the a stray light is also produced from the laser light. The photodiode of the automatic power control integrated circuit then detects the stray light and produces a feedback signal transmitted back to the laser diode for adjustment of the laser emission power in order to control the light spots produced by the diffractive optical element.

Abstract: An edge-emitting laser diode is formed to include a quantum well passivation structure comprising alternating thin layers of a semiconductor material (e.g., silicon, germanium, or antimony) and a dielectric barrier. The semiconductor layers are sufficiently thin to form quantum wells, with the dielectric layers functioning as barriers between adjacent quantum wells. The semiconductor layer adjacent to the facet is formed of crystalline material, with the remaining quantum wells formed of amorphous material. The structure, and the method of forming the structure, results in a configuration that exhibits higher levels of COD than devices using a bulk (thick) silicon passivation layer.

Abstract: A wavelength-selectable laser device providing spatially-selectable wavelength(s) may be used to select one or more wavelengths for lasing in a tunable transmitter or transceiver, for example, in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical system such as a WDM passive optical network (PON). The wavelength-selectable laser device uses a dispersive optical element, such as a diffraction grating, to disperse light emitted from a laser emitter and to direct different wavelengths of the light toward a reflector at different spatial positions such that the wavelengths may be selected by allowing light to be reflected from selected spatial position(s) back into the laser emitter. Thus, the reflected light with a wavelength at the selected spatial position(s) is allowed to complete the laser cavity.

Abstract: An optical and electronic feedback system can be used to significantly narrow the linewidth of distributed Bragg reflector lasers (DBRs) by reducing the high-frequency noise in the laser spectrum. An optical feedback path reduces the high-frequency noise of the laser. An electric-optic modulator placed inside of this feedback path applies electronic feedback with a very large bandwidth, allowing for robust and stable locking to a reference cavity. In addition, the servo-electronic component greatly increases the long-term stability of the laser locking to an external reference cavity, allowing for low noise, long-term operation of the laser. Specifically, it suppresses the frequency noise spectral density and narrows the total linewidth from a free-running value of 100 kHz to 30 Hz. The resulting modified DBR laser is both precise and stable and has applications in optical clocks, quantum information science, and precision metrology.

Abstract: A surface emitting laser having a wide wavelength tunable band is provided. A surface emitting laser includes a first reflecting mirror (102); a second reflecting mirror (116); and an active layer (104) arranged between the first reflecting mirror (102) and the second reflecting mirror (116), a gap being formed between the second reflecting mirror (116) and the active layer (104), an oscillation wavelength being tunable. The second reflecting mirror (116) includes a beam (108) comprising a single-crystal semiconductor, and a dielectric multilayer film (110) supported by the beam (108), and the dielectric multilayer film (110) is arranged in an opening (118) formed in the beam (108).

Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitting device includes an epitaxial heterostructure comprising an AlGaInN active region. The AlGaInN active region includes one or more quantum well structures with Al content greater than about 50% and having a non-c-plane crystallographic growth orientation. The AlGaInN active region is configured to generate UV radiation in response to excitation by an electron beam generated by an electron beam pump source.

Abstract: A corona igniter assembly 20 comprises an ignition coil assembly 22, a firing end assembly 24, and a metal tube 26 connecting the ignition coil assembly 22 to the firing end assembly 24. A rubber boot 28 is disposed in the metal tube 26 and compressed symmetrically between a coil output member 30 of the ignition coil assembly 22 and an insulator 42 of the firing end assembly 24. Thus, the rubber boot 28 fills any air gaps and provides a hermetic seal between the ignition coil assembly 22 and the firing end assembly 24 to prevent unwanted corona discharge from forming from those air gaps.

Abstract: A spark plug ground electrode assembly including a ground electrode having a ground electrode base defining a receptacle. A base flange extends about less than an entirety of the receptacle to define an open lateral end of the receptacle. The open lateral end of the receptacle is arranged to receive a ground electrode pad slid into the receptacle and onto a support surface in a direction perpendicular to a spark plug longitudinal axis. The flange of the ground electrode pad is arranged between the base flange and the support surface to restrict movement of the ground electrode pad along the spark plug longitudinal axis. A welding is at the open end of the receptacle to restrict movement of the ground electrode pad in the direction perpendicular to the spark plug longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is spark plug including: an insulator with an axial hole; a center electrode disposed in a front end side of the axial hole; a cylindrical metal shell holding therein the insulator; and a ground electrode having a rod-shaped electrode base made of a Ni-based material and connected at a base end portion thereof to the metal shell and a tip made of a noble metal-based material and joined to a distal end portion of the electrode base. The distal end portion of the electrode base has a first surface facing a front end surface of the center electrode and second and third surfaces connected to the first surface. The tip includes a first tip member joined to the first surface and a second tip member joined to at least one of the second and third surfaces. The first and second tip members are separated apart from each other.

Abstract: A spark plug suppressor and a method of producing a spark plug suppressor from a suppressor precursor liquid that may be cured at a temperature below 300° C. The spark plug suppressor may include particles or grains dispersed in a matrix of electrically conducting material, electrically semiconducting material, or electrically non-conducting material. The suppressor may include a conductive glass seal component and a resistive suppressor component. The resistive suppressor component may be at least partially embedded in the glass seal component, and the glass seal component may seal a center electrode of the spark plug, a terminal of the spark plug, or both the center electrode and the terminal.

Abstract: A housing for switchgear includes: first and second parallel side walls connected by a frame, a top wall, and/or a bottom wall; a door extending between the first and second side walls and arranged hingedly on the first side wall, a door hinge axis of the door being parallel to the side walls; and an instrument panel including a front face and third and fourth parallel side walls extending perpendicular from the front face. The door has an opening through which the third and fourth side walls of the instrument panel extend. The instrument panel is hingedly arranged on the door. An instrument panel hinge axis of the instrument panel is parallel to the door hinge axis. The instrument panel hinge axis is positioned adjacent to the second side wall.

Abstract: A mount for attaching an access point (AP) device to a surface is described. The mount includes a housing, a tension member for securing the AP within a compartment of the housing, a retention device for securing the tension member to or about the housing with adjustable tension, and attachment means for securing the mount to or in the ceiling or wall. The tension member can be a cable and the retention device can be a cable retention device. The cable can include first and second ends attached to first and second ends of a spring that maintains tension on the cable even if the cable begins to relax over time while securing the AP within the compartment. The mount can also include a cover for concealing the AP within the housing. The cover, the housing, or both can include magnets for securing the cover to the housing.

Abstract: An electrical load center for residential and commercial buildings includes an enclosure, a cover assembly, and a panelboard. The panelboard includes an insulated base, first and second bus bars, each of the first and second bus bars having an elongated main member, a plurality of connecting members, each of which is integrally formed from an edge of the main member, and a plurality of conducting members integrally formed from each of the connecting members. The panelboard further includes at least one neutral bar. The neutral bar is preferably I-shaped and includes a generally vertical main body, and transverse upper and lower members. The transverse upper member is preferably thicker than the transverse lower member and includes an outward taper from a top surface to a bottom of the transverse upper member to provide a greater contact surface area.

Abstract: A switching device including a switching unit with one or more electric poles having an insulating casing. The switching device is reversibly movable between an insertion position, at which said switching unit is electrically connected with an electric line, and a withdrawal position, at which said switching unit is electrically disconnected from said electric line. One or more actuating elements may be operatively coupleable with an actuating mechanism of a shutter device to operate one or more shutters of the shutter device during the movement of the switching device. The actuating elements may be fixed to the switching unit. At least one of the actuating elements includes a first mechanical connection with the insulating casing of at least one of the electric poles, and the insulating casing of at least one of the electric poles includes a second mechanical connection with at least one of the actuating elements.

Abstract: A valve assembly that includes a valve body, a poppet member, and a biasing member. The valve body has an internal through-channel. The poppet member has an inside portion positioned at least partially inside the through-channel and an outside portion positioned outside the through-channel and extending outwardly beyond the valve body. The poppet member is movable within the through-channel between an open position and a closed position. The biasing member is external to the valve housing and applies a biasing force to the outside portion of the poppet member that biases the poppet member toward the closed position.

Abstract: An example tool includes a housing; an inclined handle coupled to, and extending obliquely from, a top portion of the housing, where the inclined handle has a first trigger button and a second trigger button; and an interlocking mechanism disposed in the inclined handle. The interlocking mechanism is configured to disable one of the first trigger button or the second trigger button while the other of the first trigger button or the second trigger button is triggered.