Abstract: A double sided insulation displacement type connector block contains oppositely facing, electrically connected arrays of insulation displacement connectors (IDCs) on both sides of the connector block. The connectors may be punch down or tool-less type IDCs. When tool-less IDCs are utilized, the double sided terminal block may also include double sided insulation displacement terminal strips with a reversible test feature.

Abstract: A modified index strip having an extension with integrated push caps for wire termination. The integrated push caps simplify the operation of and allows connection or rearrangement of a single pair of conductors. The modified index strip having alternating height teeth and a pedestal extension with integrated push caps. The push caps fit over alternating height teeth of a prior art connector module mounted on the modified index strip. Each integrated push cap having a pair of ribs for snubbing and seating a pair of conductors into the insulation displacement connectors of the connector module. One or more pair of chambers are provided at the pedestal extension for isolating and gripping the ends of the conductors. Each push cap is maintained in a closed position by a latching mechanism and a recess-protuberance locking mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting cable cores, in particular using insulation displacement connection technology, in particular for producing a branch lead from a primary cable, comprising an insulating body with contact holders. A connecting element 3 is introduced into the contact holders 2 of the insulating body 1 and has two contact elements 5, 6 in different wiring connection levels, at least one contact element 6 being connected to a slide 4 which is guided in the connecting region such that it can move and can be pushed in the wiring connection direction into the contact slot 19 in the contact element 6.

Abstract: An electrical tap assembly is provided for connecting at least one tap wire to at least one through wire. The assembly includes a dielectric housing body having a wire slot for receiving the tap wire, a through wire passage for receiving the through wire and a terminal-receiving cavity extending in a direction transverse to the wire slot and the through wire passage. A terminal is positionable in the terminal-receiving cavity and includes a first insulation displacement end for connection to the tap wire and a second insulation displacement end for connection to the through wire. The terminal is movably mounted in the cavity for movement between a first position allowing insertion of the tap wire into the wire slot and a second position with the first insulation displacement end terminating the tap wire. A shoulder is provided on the terminal for engagement by an appropriate insertion tool to drive the terminal from its first position to its second position.

Abstract: A double sided insulation displacement terminal strip for use in an insulation displacement type connector block that contains oppositely facing, electrically connected arrays of insulation displacement connectors (IDCs) on both sides of the connector block. The connectors may be punch down or tool-less, push cap type IDCs. The double sided insulation displacement terminal strips can incorporate a reversible test feature.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for rapidly connecting a user cable on a conductor cable, particularly on ships. It is composed of two interfitting half-boxes each receiving one of the two cables to be interconnected, and which imprison an intermediate plate fitted with double points for interconnection by piercing of the insulation, these points being fixed on this plate in which they are integrated in advance when it is constructed in the factory.

Abstract: The panel has several sections, each with a different hole profile. The top panel section has a hole diameter which corresponds to the terminal flange in such a way that the top panel section contacts the terminal flange, holding the terminal with frictional gripping force. This contact keeps the terminal from wobbling, thus eliminating the weakening of the terminal support legs and shorting between terminals. The panel section between the top and rear panel sections (i.e. the middle section) has a hole diameter which corresponds to the outer diameter of the terminal between the terminal flange and the terminal support legs, so that the terminal can be press fitted in the middle section hole. The rear panel section has a hole diameter which is conical or profiled with a larger diameter towards the top panel section, corresponding to the width of the support legs in such a way that the support legs can be fully sprung out, and a smaller diameter towards the rear of the mass termination panel.

Abstract: A connector for interconnecting first and second electrical conductors, comprising(a) a first part;(b) a second part; the first and/or second parts forming a housing;(c) a first contact attached to the first part and capable of making contact with the first conductor; and(d) a second contact temporarily attached to the first part and capable of making contact with the second conductor; the second part having means for receiving the second contact when the first and second parts are brought together such that the second contact remains thus received on subsequent separation of the first and second parts.

Abstract: A connector module (10,100,200) having at least one electrical terminal (24,116,206) therein, adapted to be sealingly mounted to a mounting surface upon being placed thereagainst at a connection site (30,112,204), and simultaneously form electrical connections of each terminal with a circuit (38,152,214) thereat, with the terminal adapted to be thereafter terminated to a discrete conductor wire (60,138,210,212) to interconnect the circuit with the wire. Upstanding lead members (40,160,216) are electrically connected to the circuits and are received into pin-receiving holes (50,172) along the module's bottom surface and become engaged with respective terminals. Each terminal is terminated to such a wire upon actuation of an actuator (26,118). A base section (14,104) of the module forms a seal with the mounting surface around the connection site (30,112,204). Such module can easily be mounted to a solar panel (32,110) or circuit board (202).

Abstract: A pressure connection type connector includes a pressure connection type contact comprising first and second pressure connection type terminals arranged in parallel and spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of a cable conductor in a coated cable, and a third pressure connection type terminal located intermediately between the first and second terminals but displaced therefrom in a direction radially of the cable conductor. The coated cable is pressed against the pressure connection type contact by a pressing member so that the coating of the coated cable is pierced through and broken by tips of the first to third terminals, and the conductor of the coated cable is pressed in between the first and third terminals and between the second and third terminals. The tips of the first to third terminals are then inserted into a receiving hole of the pressing member. The wall of the receiving hole includes first and second inclined surface elements.

Abstract: A clip for forming an electrical and mechanical connection at the junction of two rods to afford cathodic protection for said rods. The clip is electrically conductive and can have a sacrificial metal coating or metal insert.

Abstract: An electrical connector housing assembly consists of an insulating housing and a pair of insulating covers. The housing has a row of cavities extending diagonally across a central wall of the housing, each for receiving an electrical terminal having slotted plate portions with wire receiving slots opening in opposite directions and being located on opposite surfaces of the central wall. Each cover has a row of notches extending across a base wall of the cover, for receiving the end portion of a respective one of the slotted plates. According to a first mode of use, the slotted plates of each terminal are coplanar with each other and the covers are mated with the housing to drive the wires of flat flexible cables, into the wire receiving slots of the terminals with the two cables extending parallel to each other. According to a second mode of use, the slotted plates of each terminal, are twisted about a neck of the terminal so that the slotted plates thereof extend at right angles to each other.

Abstract: A terminal block mounts a plurality of bi-ended insulation displacement connector type terminal clips formed of an electrically conductive material, each terminal clip having a base portion and a pair of similar insulation displacing wire-engaging portions projecting oppositely outwardly from the base portion. A plurality of activators are configured for selectively electrically coupling wires to the terminal clips. A block body formed of an electrical insulator material has an upper block section and a lower block section configured for releasably lockingly interengaging the upper block section. Alignment structures are formed respectively on the upper and lower block sections for coaxially aligning respective ones of the walls and cavities.

Abstract: A plug for interconnecting a pair of wires at its input with a pair of insulation displacement connectors (IDC) at its output is improved. The plug comprises a dielectric housing and a pair of non-insulated conductors within the housing that cross over and are spaced-apart from each other. Each conductor comprises a generally flat blade portion for insertion into an IDC at one end, and a terminal for making electrical contact with a wire at the other. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, the terminal comprises an insulation displacement connector. Additionally, the conductors are identical to each other, but are reverse-mounted with respect to each other to achieve crossover.

Abstract: An enclosure for terminal blocks for interconnecting conductors of multiconductor cables includes provision for two or more terminal block modules. Each terminal block module includes two terminal blocks defined by a tubular housing section extending from a common base section of a dielectric housing and has an annular cavity extending to an open end, and a tubular one-piece terminal is secured therewithin around a center post of the housing section and is rotatable therewithin by a generally tubular actuator also within said annular cavity and adapted to be rotated during splicing of wires. Each terminal block includes a pair of wire-receiving apertures into which wire ends are inserted to extend through insulation piercing slots of said terminal, and upon actuating rotation said slots pierce the insulation and engage the conductor of each wire thus interconnecting them.

Abstract: An electrical distribution center electrically interconnects electrical and electronic devices and electrical connectors of wiring harnesses. The electrical distribution center comprises a main bus plate that includes a plurality of stamped metal circuit components that are insert molded in an insulation board. The stamped metal circuit components have a plurality of male blade terminals that project outwardly of the insulation board and that include wire receiving slots. The main bus plate is sandwiched between upper and lower bus plates that each include a plurality of wire circuit components in an insulated routing board that has slots extending through it. The male blade terminals of the main bus plate project through the slots of the upper and lower bus plates for connection with the electrical and electronic components and the electrical connectors of the wiring harnesses.

Abstract: Device for electrically connecting two conductors is provided with a first U-shaped electrical connection component with a base part and two sides, each side incorporating a slot widening at its part opening onto its free end. One of the sides comprising, close to the base part, a connecting band extending substantially perpendicularly to the edge of the side and integral with one of the sides of a second U-shaped electrical connection component with a base part and a second side, the sides of the second connection component incorporating slots widening at their part opening onto their free edge, the connecting band being bent so that the two components are substantially perpendicular to each other and the free edges of the sides of one of the components extending in a direction opposite to that in which the free edges of the sides of the other component extend.

Abstract: An electrical component package comprises an insulator housing of thermoplastic material having a hollow base and a cover. The hollow base supports and locates an electrical component longitudinally in a component cavity and holds and positions the component leads in terminal cavities at opposite longitudinal ends of the component cavity. Insulation displacement terminals are then inserted into the terminal cavities establishing electrical connections with the positioned component leads. The hollow base is then partially filled with a sealant material after which the electric component package is installed on a pair of electric cables by closing the cover to push the electric cables down into insulation displacement slots of the respective terminals.

Abstract: The connection strip is an insulating block in which connection elements are mounted to define insulation displacement connectors in rows of chimneys on a front face of the block, and rows of other connectors on the rear face of the block. The chimneys are separated from one another by transverse slots extending across their rows and they are capable of receiving single or twin pushers in such a manner as to be held captive between a pulled-out position and a pushed-in position in the chimneys. The connection strip includes end wire-passing pieces on the front face of the block, and is applicable to telecommunications.

Abstract: The invention concerns a connector for a multiwire electric cables and comprises two elongate covers inside of each there is located a cable wire conduit on which incoming and outgoing wires, respectively, are secured. A coupling plate is disposed between the two wire conduits for interconnecting the incoming and outgoing wires. The interconnection is made by utilizing insulation displacement contacts having slots extending inward from both ends.

Abstract: An insulation displacement connector for interconnecting a variable number of wires in a stacked, in-line configuration. The connector includes a hollow body for receiving the wires, a metallic contact element located within the body, and a cover. In the primary embodiment, the body has front and rear walls each having three holes in a stacked, nonlinear arrangement. The stacking feature provides a more compact connector. All but two of the holes are obstructed by rupturable membranes which seal unused holes and thus provide greatrer flexiblility with regard to the number of wires which may be reliably interconnected. The contact element includes shoulder contacts for receiving the upper wires, and leg contacts which extend beyond the shoulder contacts for receiving the lower wires. The cover advantageously has a plunger which forces sealant material throughout the body, and further has strain relief fingers and latching clips.

Abstract: Housing assembly for components, such as Hall effect sensors, comprises an inner housing of premolded relatively firm plastic material and an outer housing which is overmolded on the inner housing. The components are contained in cavities in the inner housing. Passageways extend through the inner housing to the cavities and the soft overmolded material flows through these passageways and forms a surrounding cushion within the cavities for the components. Also disclosed is a system for mounting proximity sensors on an automotive door lock or the like in a manner which detects the fully closed and the partially closed conditions of the door.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical conductor cable connector which includes a housing made from an electrical insulating material, having side walls which define an enclosure, a lower portion which extends between the side walls to define an open topped compartment in the housing on one side of the lower portion, a plurality of suitably spaced conductor engaging elements in and extending from the lower portion into the compartment with each element including a portion in the floor of the housing for electrically connecting an electrical conductor in a cable located in the lower portion to the conductor engaging element, a press member which is made from an electrical insulating material, for pressing a conductor ribbon tape cable into the compartment and the conductors which are carried by the tape into electrical engagement with the conductor engaging elements, means for clamping the ribbon tape in the compartment between the conductor engaging elements and each tape exit from the housing and a catch ar

Abstract: A wire connecting system which includes a pair of mating connectors for effecting electrical cross connections between a first set of of conductors and a second set of conductors is presented. The two mating connectors are known by the terms "wiring block" and "connecting block" wherein the wiring block provides evenly spaced receptacles for the first wire conductors that hold them in alignment for engagement with a plurality of insulation penetrating slotted beam contacts carried by the connecting block. The plurality of insulation penetrating slotted beam contacts housed by the connecting block are double ended such that, once the first set of wire conudctors are terminated, a second set of wire conductors are then indexed and retained by the connecting block for subsequent termination to the opposing ends of the insulation penetrating contacts by a tool or end cap designed for such a purpose.

Abstract: A sealed, filtered connector for establishing a disconnectable termination to two wires with a capacitor extending between the two terminals is disclosed. Each terminal has a first slotted or insulation displacement contact section facing outwardly with an intermediate slotted plate contact located between the first outwardly facing contact section and a pin receptacle located at the opposite end of the terminal. The terminals are positioned within a insulative housing having passages for receiving the pin receptacle portions and a cavity located at an opposite end. Sealant can be deposited within the cavity. The electrical termination with leads on a capacitor located within the housing is laterally offset from the insulation displacement contact with the wires and the pin receptacle is laterally offset from each slotted plate interconnection.

Abstract: Cable terminal connector with a housing to receive conductors of one cable into terminal positions within the housing and a closure member having terminal positions for conductors of another cable. Insulation displacement contact members have an insulation displacement terminal at one end and are initially located in detent positions with the terminals spaced from the terminal positions of the housing. The closure member is movable into a fully retained position upon the housing and during this movement, the contact members are caused to move to locate their terminals into the terminal positions of the housing to connect them to the cable conductors in the housing. Conveniently, the contact members also have insulation displacement terminals at their other end for movement into the terminal positions of the closure member as the closure member moves into the fully retained position.