Abstract: A connector with retainer members which is not broken even if elastic retainer pieces of the retainer members are excessively bent when the connector is attached to a panel. The connector with retainer members comprises an insulating housing proper having penetration holes inside thereof through which a plurality of connector terminals are fitted therein, flanges protruded outwardly from right and left or upper and lower wall faces of the housing proper in a direction orthogonal to a direction of insertion and removal of the connector, a pair of retainer members having elasticity and fixedly attached to both sides of the back face of the flanges.

Abstract: The electrical connecting device comprises a male connector and a female connector, each provided with a casing and a contact-support body made of electrically insulating material, which can be coupled by means of threaded lock nuts. The contact-supporting body of the female connector, is made of elastomeric material and the female contacts of the connector are elastically yielding and press-fitted into appropriate seats of the contact-support body. The contact-support bodies of female and male connectors also comprise opposite annular sealing shoulder surfaces, designed to rest one against the other in the coupled condition of the two connectors.

Abstract: A transceiver module which is easily and conveniently assembled, and which is reliable. The transceiver module comprises a housing, an optoelectronic subassembly, a receptacle, a chassis and a PCB. The optoelectronic subassembly is received in the receptacle. Conductive leads of the optoelectronic subassembly are soldered to the PCB. The chassis is attached to the PCB with screws, and accommodates and protects the PCB. The housing comprises a top housing and a bottom housing. The top housing is attached to the chassis and the receptacle. The top housing and bottom housings are attached together, enclosing therein the receptacle, the chassis and the PCB.

Abstract: Various electrically controlled devices of a bicycle are electrically coupled together by multi-conductor electrical cords. The ends of the electrical cords have an electrical connector that mates with a corresponding electrical connector provided in one of the electrically controlled devices. Each electrical connector of the electrical cords has an electrical contact housing with electrical contacts, an outer casing molded about the electrical contact housing, and an annular sealing member formed of a resilient and compressible material. The outer casing has an attachment portion fixed to one end of the electrical contact housing and a tubular portion radially spaced from the other end of the electrical contact housing. The annular sealing member is located in an annular space formed between the tubular portion and the electrical contact housing.

Abstract: An electrical terminal including a housing (1) for receiving a contact element (2) having fork-shaped receptacles and pivotable drive elements (3-6). Contact element (2) has with four receptacles (9-12) each designed to connect a conductor. The receptacles as well as the associated drive elements (3-6) are configured pairwise in two planes one above the other in order to allow as many as four connections while being of minimum bulk.

Abstract: An electrical connector (12) includes an inner housing (14) having a terminal (30) disposed therein; and an elastomeric outer housing (50) disposed around the inner housing (14) and having at least one sealing member (56) that extends around a peripheral surface of the outer housing (50) and a retention member extending outwardly from the surface. Upon mating with the complementary connector (70), the outer housing (50) provides both the sealing of and retention for the mated connector assembly (10).

Abstract: A pass-thru electrical connector assembly is an integral part of a barrier wall which separates a harsh environment from a controlled environment. A connector body having a staged position and a locked position on the barrier wall has a flange which extends radially outward from one end of an axial projecting portion. Via rotation of the connector body from the staged position to the locked position, the projecting portion of the connector body moves axially forward through a hole of the barrier wall as a ring seal is preferably axially compressed between the flange and one side of the barrier wall. Axial movement of the connector body is achieved via a plurality of locking lugs which protrude radially outward from and are spaced circumferentially about the projecting portion of the connector body. The lugs are aligned circumferentially with a plurality of slots spaced about and communicating with the hole of the barrier wall when the connector body is in the staged position.

Abstract: The structure for fixing a grommet to a housing is composed of a housing provided with a connector portion formed at least partly in a column shape, a wire harness connector coupled with the connector portion with a coupling gap and a tubular shaped grommet made of resilient material put on an outside circumferential surface of the connector portion to waterproof seal the coupling gap. The grommet includes a wall with openings that snap over protrusions on the connector portion to rigidly fix them together. The connector portion includes a locking through hole for receiving a latch on the wire harness connector. Seal lips on the grommet are angled downward so as to provide sealing for the locking hole.

Abstract: An end connecting structure for fitting light which includes a transparent inner pipe having therein positioned conductors and lamp strings and includes an enveloping transparent external layer. The fitting light can be cut into a desired length and leaves conductor sections with desired lengths on one end or both ends thereof in advance after cutting. Male electrical connecting ends or female electrical connecting ends of the amount corresponding to that of the conductors are formed and provided each on one end thereof with a connecting section for connecting with the conductor sections. Thereby, the conductor sections can be connected with the male or female electrical connecting ends by pressing or clamping method to make connection of the male or female electrical connecting ends with the internal conductors firmer and surer. Thus reliability and quality of electric conducting between fitting lights can be elevated.

Abstract: A terminal assembly for a hermetic compressor having a shell includes a terminal block secured to the shell. A terminal fence surrounds the terminal block and is also fixedly secured to the shell. An intermediate gasket sealingly engages both the shell and the terminal block. A power plug is electrically connected to the terminal block and sealingly engaged by the intermediate gasket. A terminal block cover is secured to the shell in order to retain the connection between the various components. The terminal assembly once properly installed is capable of sealing the electrical connection for the compressor from direct contamination by high humidity and salt water spray normally experienced during trans-oceanic shipping.

Abstract: A protector panel receives plug-in protector modules. The panel has a plurality of pin receiving holes. The panel has a plurality of members depending from its bottom. Each of the at pin receiving holes has a respective pair of the depending members adjacent to and on opposite sides of that hole. Each member has a boss at an end of the member. A printed wiring board is attached to the panel, beneath the depending members. The printed wiring board has wirings on its surface. The printed wiring board has a plurality of holes, each aligned with a respective pin receiving hole of the panel. The printed wiring board has a resilient elongated member adjacent to each hole of the printed wiring board. The elongated members, which ensure electrical contact between the pins and wiring on the printed wiring board, have a conductive material on them.

Abstract: A connector which shows strong connecting force includes rod-shaped male and female terminals that are coaxially inserted in respective tubular insulating resin housings. The male terminal is inserted into the female terminal so as to be electrically coupled to the female terminal. The female housing has outer and inner tubular portions formed with axially corrugated inner and outer surfaces defining an annular groove therebetween. The male housing has an annular tip having axially corrugated inner and outer surfaces adapted to engage the axially corrugated inner and outer surfaces of the female housing when the annular tip is inserted into the annular groove. A potbelly-shaped spring contact member is fitted on the male terminal. Caps are put on the tips of both terminals to prevent a short circuit between the terminals and conductors.

Abstract: A connector for connecting electrical conductors and including first and second conductor-containing bodies configured to sealingly connect the conductors when the first and second body are matingly joined. A passageway is formed to accept a pin when the first and second body are matingly joined so that the pin, which is a different color than the first and second body, is readily observable in position to confirm that the first and retains the first and second body in mating engagement and so that the pin, which is a different second body are matingly joined.

Abstract: An electrical connector has housings that have male and female fitting parts containing electrical terminals. The fitting parts have respective locking elements which interengage to restrain disconnection. The female fitting part has a front portion which is elastically expanded on engagement with the relatively rigid male fitting part, and a second portion rearwardly of the portion which is less elastic than the front portion. The electrical connector may, for example, be used with solar panels.

Abstract: An attempt has been made to prevent damage of a hermetic terminal and to improve pressure-resistance strength of the welded joint of connecting pipes in order to provide a sealed housing 4 having a pressure-resistance strength high enough to allow use of a high-pressure alternative refrigerant. For this purpose, ring-shaped metal members 15 and 23 are welded to the outer peripheries of the welded joints of a hermetic terminal 8 to be hermetically welded to an upper end plate 1 of a sealed housing 4 and a discharge pipe 10.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic module, especially a storage module, having a strip on each of two opposite sides and a plastic substrate to accept and hold the electronic module in grooves in two U-shaped rails corresponding to the strips. The electronic module also has a plastic frame which accepts a fitted printed-circuit board and has at least one electrically conductive covering on either its upper and/or lower side and which extends as far as the strips and is connected to a reference potential. The electrical connection of the coverings to reference potential is ensured by contact components.

Abstract: A cap type connector assembly includes a cap and an opposite terminal receiving tower. The cap receives a terminal fitting therein and has an entry opening for the high-voltage cable at one end thereof and an open casing for inserting the terminal receiving tower at the other end thereof. The open casing of the cap has a tubular portion covering the terminal fitting therein and a locking hook inside the open casing. The terminal receiving tower has a receiving portion at its fore end and a locking projection formed in its outer periphery surface. The receiving portion receives the inner tubular portion and the locking hook engages with the locking projection to seal the terminal receiving tower. The tubular portion of the cap may have an external shape of a truncated cone and the receiving portion of the terminal receiving tower may have a forwardly divergent, conical inner surface.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a connector body and an elastomeric sleeve seal. The connector body has an end portion with an outer surface defined by three separate cylindrical surfaces with one of the cylindrical surfaces, disposed between the other two cylindrical surfaces, having a predefined diameter different than that of the other two surfaces. The elastomeric sleeve seal has an end portion in which an internal surface is defined by three separate bore surfaces that, when the sleeve seal is assembled with the connector body, forcibly abut a corresponding one of the cylindrical surfaces of the connector body.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes mating connectors each having a relatively soft outer housing encapsulating a core formed of a hard material. Electrical conductors are partially embedded in the core which extends around the contact portion of preselected conductors to from a rigid sheath around the respective contact. The housings have a bore extending inwardly from a face surface that, upon assembly with a mating connector, sealingly surrounds the rigid sheath of the mating connector. The electrical connectors provide improved open-face waterproof sealing of the connector assembly.

Abstract: A hermetic terminal assembly has a plurality of conductor pins which define integral fusible links (36). A unique plug is provided which both separates the individual wires (70) leading to the conductor pins and allows, in cooperation with a fence or with the shell (21) of the compressor (10), for the restriction of access to the conductor pins while the conductor pins are connected to a power source. This unique plug also allows for the positioning of the integral fusible link on the outside of the shell (12) thus resolving the problems associated with compromising the integrity of the shell (12) upon separating of the fuse-like link (36). In addition, the plug insures that the conductor pins are maintained in an electrical isolated fashion should the fuse-like link (36) separate. The fence can be formed as a separate member or alternately to be integral with the terminal body.

Abstract: A cassette TV splitter includes a housing having a F-connector secured in a front cavity recessed in a front panel of the housing and having a pair of latch members on two opposite side walls of the housing, an electrical circuit board built in the housing for obtaining a matching impedance for effectively transmitting radio or television signals through a TV antenna, and a rear cover shielding a rear socket of the housing having a pair of latch holes respectively notched in two opposite side walls of the rear cover, whereby upon snapping engagement of the two latch members on the housing with two latch holes in the rear cover, the housing will be quickly combined with the rear cover for holding the electrical circuit board therein and both input and output cables for transmitting the signals may be directly grounded on a grounding metal plate provided in the splitter.

Abstract: A high voltage electrical connector has a mating pair of male and female contacts, each one soldered to an end of conductors that are to be joined to safely carry a high electrical voltage. One of the contacts is mounted in an insulating sleeve with a smooth outer cylindrical surface. The other contact is mounted in a resilient shroud. The shroud has a smooth bore coaxial with the contacts. At least one ring or ridge extends radially inward from the bore. The ring wipes clean the surface of the sleeve as the shroud is stretched over the sleeve during mating of the contacts. When mated, the ring is tightly compressed against the surface of the sleeve, excluding air and foreign matter from the surface. This prevents arcing and escape of current from the contacts to the surroundings. The shroud greatly increases the voltage that the connector can safely carry. Silicone rubber is a preferred material for the shroud.

Abstract: An avionics line replaceable unit (LRU), of the type having numerous electronic circuit cards disposed therein in a parallel fashion. The cards being securely held in place when the cover of the LRU is screwed on thereby actuating a spring which transfers force to the circuit cards.

Abstract: A waterproof electric connector seal member includes a rubber-formed seal element having a rectangular tubular section and plastic-formed tongues fixed to a flange portion of the seal element. The seal member is retained in an electric connector housing via the tongues. Thus, although the shape of the seal element varies depending upon the number of terminals accommodated within the electric connector, the standard-shaped tongues can be commonly used.

Abstract: A multi-lead electrical plug connector is disclosed including a plug part (4) and a socket part (5). The plug connector is furnished in particular for the connection of two cables, each cable having two conducting wires. The plug connector is subdivided into two end section (A, C) with round cross-section and a center section (B) with an oval or flat cross-section, respectively. Two contact pins (1, 2) and two contact shells (14, 15) are furnished, which are disposed adjacent to each other on the longitudinal axis (3) of the oval section. The plug connector is furnished in particular for the heavy-duty operating conditions present, for example, in motor vehicles.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting first and second conductors of a cable to first and second electrically conductive leads comprising first and second connector members with each of the connector members including a connector body and first and second conductive members carried by the connector body. Each of the conductive members has a terminal. The conductive members of the first connector member are coupled to the first and second leads, respectively and the conductive members of the second connector member can be coupled to the conductors of the cable, respectively. A flexible, elastic inner sleeve snugly receives a proximal region of the connector body of the second connector member and a distal region of the cable. A flexible outer sleeve, which is less flexible than the inner sleeve, snugly receives the inner sleeve. The connector bodies have a projection and recess so that they can be interconnected to place the terminals in electrical contact.

Abstract: A push-pull lock connector which includes a square sectioned plug housing (2) for housing a plurality of contacts (22) and has an outer projection (25) on an outside thereof and a first stopper member (26) on the outside above the outer projection; a square sectioned sliding sleeve (3) movable along an upper portion of the plug housing and having a second stopper member (31) which cooperates with the first stopper member to restrict movement thereof; and a pair of leaf springs (4) secured to either the plug housing or the sliding sleeve in a space between the plug housing and the sliding sleeve for biasing the sliding sleeve downwardly.

Abstract: An annular elastomeric seal for use with mating plug and socket connectors and having axially spaced sealing ribs which are tapered and skewed with respect to the axes of mating plug and socket connectors whereby the force required to connect the connectors together is reduced.

Abstract: A switch connector assembly with a waterproof structure which prevents admission of water thereinto without certainty and complete fitting between male and female connectors can be confirmed readily. The female connector has a short-circuiting terminal extending into a connector fitting chamber thereof and further has a temporary arresting projection and a flexible locking arm having a final arresting projection thereon. The male connector has a connecting terminal, a flexible engaging pawl, and an engaging portion. The short-circuiting terminal and the connecting terminal are kept out of contact with each other when the temporary arresting projection is fitted with the flexible engaging pawl, but contact with each other when the final arresting projection is fitted with the engaging portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a retaining structure for removably connecting and maintaining electrical engagement between a light bulb and more particularly, a lamp base portion thereof, with an electrically wired socket. The squeezing of the socket wall changes the dimensions and shape of these walls that allows the releasing of mated protrusions on opposite parts to permit the removal of the lamp base from the socket.

Abstract: In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a right angle connector assembly includes a molded elastomer plug body having a rigid thermoplastic insert member mounted and bonded therein, such insert member having sockets that mate with pins on a receptacle that also is made of a rigid thermoplastic material. An upper tubular portion of the receptacle carries a silicone O-ring seal that snaps into an internal recess in the lower portion of the body when the connector is made up to prevent entry of moisture and provide a releasable detent latch.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plug assembly and a mating connector assembly. Additional protection against liquid penetration of the assembled connector is provided by a peripheral tongue-in-groove seal formed in the integrally molded housings of the plug and connector assemblies.

Abstract: A pin and socket connector using pin and socket terminals formed into a highly conductive material and using a separate contact band member less resistant to stress relaxation than the material used to form a stamped and formed pin and socket terminals is disclosed. These pin and socket terminals are suitable for use in both sealed and unsealed electrical connectors, employing a secondary lock. The secondary lock has at least one cylindrical projection engaging the corresponding terminals within the cavities from the rear. At least one curved concentric opening radially spaced from a central wire and terminal receiving opening in a rear conductor seal, is configured to receive a corresponding cylindrical secondary lock projections and establish sealing integrity therewith.

Abstract: A portable power distribution system for distributing electrical power under low light, emergency conditions is disclosed herein. The system generally comprises a plurality of power distribution cables, a plurality of power outlet blocks, each of which is connectable to one of the power distributing cables, wherein each block has at least one electrical receptacle on a first side, and a resilient, water-tight housing that is curved on a second side opposite to the first side and which includes a weight for gravity-biasing the receptacle away from a skyward, water-collecting orientation, and a plurality of connector assemblies, each of which has matable male and female connectors for interconnecting the power distribution cables and the power outlet blocks. Each of the male and female connectors has a resilient housing preferably integrally and solidly formed from an elastomeric material for forming a shock and water resistant covering around its conductive member.

Abstract: An electrical plug connector of the quick disconnect type for high-voltage applications. The plug connector is matable with a receptacle connector having a tubular-shaped outer wall, a central cavity, and an electrical contact extending into the cavity from the base of the receptacle connector. The plug connector comprises an elastomeric, dielectric connector body which includes an inner central body portion and an integral, tubular-shaped, outer body portion spaced from and coaxially extending therealong defining an axially extending annular cavity therebetween.

Abstract: A female electrical connector and a male electrical connector. The two connectors are designed to interconnect in a locking relationship. The female electrical connector is an insulative housing member, formed from two parts and a locking mechanism is provided for locking together the two parts. The first of the two parts has a plurality of parallel passages and a cylindrical female contact member retained at one end of each of the parallel passages. Each of the female contact members is attached at one end to an electrical conductor and is provided with a collar proximate the other end. A resilient tang having at least one projection is provided for cooperation with the collar. A latching mechanism is provided for holding the two insulative housing members together. The second part of the female insulative housing member has a body section which is adapted to receive the first part of the female housing member. The body has a back wall with holes aligned with the parallel passages.

Abstract: A lightbulb assembly composed of (a) a lightbulb and base in electrical engagement in (b) a wired plug and (c) a keeper to keep the assembly together; the keeper includes a cap with an opening in the upper surface for passage of the bulb and with the axial face of the cap in engagement with the axial face of the bulb base, and not the bulb, and with the annular portion of the cap having a portion on it for normal hooked-up engagement with a companionate portion on the plug to keep the lightbulb in electrical engagement with the wired plug in normal use.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises two mechanically couplable elements to cause electrical contacts positioned in these elements, to cooperate in pairs. At least one of the elements comprises an insulating body pierced with longitudinal housings shielding the contacts and itself retained and shielded, at least in part, in an outer casing. Clamping means for the element to a cable joined electrically to the contacts comprise: a collar engirdling the outer sheath of the cable and two diametrically opposite radial projections. Two half-clamps surround the rear end of the insulating body and the neighboring zone of the cable including the collar, each projection being engaged in two respective inner recesses of the two half-clamps. Axial connecting means and means for fastening in rotation are provided between the insulating body and the half-clamps as well as assembly means for the half-clamps.

Abstract: An electric component for use in a motor vehicle has a casing accommodating an electric circuit therein, and a terminal holder mounted in the casing in covering relation to the open end thereof and supporting electric terminals from the electric circuit for connection to wires. The terminal holder has a tubular member projecting outwardly from the casing and vent holes defined in the tubular member for communication between the space in the casing and the exterior thereof. The tubular member is covered with a cover which provides communication between the vent holes and the exterior only when there is a pressure difference developed between the space in the casing and the exterior thereof.

Abstract: Connector system such as for medical applications, which includes a yoke with inset pins, the yoke also including a locking feature for mating with an insulated connector, and locking the insulating connector into the yoke. The yoke includes at least one or a plurality such as three or more inset pins in the yoke for receiving insulated connectors such as for breath, heartbeat, and rate monitors. The yoke is formed in a three step molding process where colored buttons are first molded, the buttons and pins are then molded into a small inner yoke body assembly, and then a final yoke assembly is molded encompassing the pins, buttons, informational plaque, including a strain relief for the cable. The connector system provides for safety as well as FDA considerations and prevents a connecting lead being plugged into an AC outlet.