Abstract: An electrical connector assembly receives exposed ends of an electrical wire, and includes a foldable body with complementary first and second body portions and components for securely mounting a third body portion in the assembly using a single fastening screw, and for mounting the exposed ends to electrical contacts of an electrical connector device attached to the third body portion and securely mounted in the folded and assembled body portions. The components on the body portions include posts, ribs, and bridges for relieving strain on the electrical wire in the assembly, and other ribs and interlocking components prevent the electrical connector assembly from allowing the wires, the electrical connector device, and/or the third body portion from being removed from the folded and assembled electrical connector assembly.

Abstract: A strain relief assembly (10) for an electrical connector (84) includes a connector receiving frame (12) dimensioned to receive an electrical connector (84) along an insertion axis (A); a pair of members (26, 56) hingedly secured to and extending from the frame (12), the members (26, 56) being securable together to define a wire receiving cavity (24); and at least one cable securing arm (38, 68) extending outwardly from each of the hinged members (26, 56) to a leading end. Each leading arm end is dimensioned to surround at least a portion of the cable (98).

Abstract: A connector for at least one flat foil conductor of a flat foil with at least one electrical contact for connecting to and making contact with the flat foil conductor on the one hand and for making contact with a mating contact on the other hand, with a housing with at least one receiving chamber for receiving the contact, with a cable-side end, with a back wall and with a part movable relative to the back wall which can be fixed in an end position parallel to the back wall, wherein the flat foil comes to rest between back wall and part, and the back wall has at least one opening and the part has at least one pin (11) which engages in the end position through the flat foil in the opening and thereby provides a strain relief for the flat foil.

Abstract: A terminal structure of a flat circuit body includes: a flat circuit body having a plurality of conductors and insulating films for sandwiching the plural conductors; a plurality of connection terminals connected and fixed to the plural conductors respectively; a connector housing having a plurality of terminal housing chambers for housing the plural connection terminals; and a housing cover fixed to the connector housing, the housing cover having partition walls for separating terminal vicinity portions of the conductors in the flat circuit body and connection portions of the connection terminals from other adjacent conductors and other connection terminals in next side thereof. In the construction, the housing cover is attached so as to cover the terminal vicinity portions of the flat circuit body and the connector housing integrally.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism, in particular for driving a motor vehicle rearview mirror. The actuating mechanism includes a housing, at least one electric motor, which is arranged therein and whose output shaft is drive-coupled to a reducing gear, driving an actuating mechanism, and a plug shaft, which is designed as one piece with the housing and into which a connecting plug can be plugged. Different types of contacting are possible with a housing shape and there is always the guarantee of a strain relief for the supply and/or control lines. Additional relief strain devices, which are not one piece with the housing and which can be plugged into the plug shaft and locked with the housing and which can accommodate at least two supply and/or control lines in one area, are at a distance from the line ends and holds the line ends so as to resist tension.

Abstract: Press contact terminals are held in terminal housing chambers of a housing body. A longitudinally intermediate part of a flat circuit is positioned above a top surface opening of the terminal housing chambers. Each conductor of the flat circuit is press-connected to each press contact terminal with a press contact jig. A cover is closed, thereby to fold the flat circuit in two in the vicinity of the press-connected part so that one part is overlaid on the press-connected part. The folded part is sandwiched between the cover and the housing body to be held in a connector housing.

Abstract: A backshell for an electrical connector gives the electrical connector handedness to force a particular orientation of the connector with respect to a device in order to limit the choice of devices to which the electrical connector can be attached. The backshell fits around the connector and a portion of a cable connected to the connector. The cable is forced into a right angle turn in the interior of the backshell to give the device handedness.

Abstract: Projections are provided in gaps between each wire opening for electric wire main bodies of a flat cable in a connection box to clamp and hold the flat cable. Stronger holding force is easily attained with smaller body size of the connection box for a flat cable. Various flat cables with deferent wire diameter are accepted in the same size connection box. The operation for assembling the connection box and the flat cable is facilitated.

Abstract: An electrical connector housing is shown which is profiled for use as a splicing enclosure for telephone cable. The enclosure is adapted to accommodate two different sized cables, two 2-twisted pair cable or two 6-twisted pair cable. Two separate strain relief devices are provided for gripping retention of the two cables. The enclosure is embodied as a bi-partite housing having two hinged housing halves which can be folded over to form the enclosure. The two separate strain relief members are located at opposed positions within different housing halves, and include a plurality of gripping edges formed to grip and retain the cables.

Abstract: A protective enclosure for the connections of a multicore electric cable and/or of the unipolar leads carrying current to a connector and/or to a motor, constituted by two half-shells being molded in the open position and being closed together about a hinge to form a box-like element adapted to contain and protect individual leads exiting from an unsheathed multicore cable; the half-shells have, at one end, two half-cups provided with elastically flexible tabs adapted to lock the cable, in its unsheathed part, between the half-cups and rigidly with respect to the enclosure, while the opposite ends of the half-shells are preset to connect, upon closure, the stripped leads to the terminals of front-mating connectors of the Faston type or to other motor terminals. The protective enclosure can be provided with engagement elements formed monolithically with the enclosure and adapted to rigidly couple the enclosure to a motor or the like.

Abstract: A terminal includes a connecting portion having a through hole to which a core wire of the coaxial cable is inserted to be electrically connected therewith, and a flat projection formed in the vicinity of the through hole on the connecting portion. The connecting portion is formed as a vertical wall member extending perpendicular to an insertion direction of the coaxial cable, and the flat projection is formed as a horizontal table member projected therefrom so as to extend parallel with the insertion direction of the coaxial cable. A corner portion defined by the vertical wall member and the horizontal table portion is utilized for a portion where a leading end of a soldering iron for soldering the connecting portion and the core wire is abutted.

Abstract: An electrical connector for flexible printed board includes a housing with an opening, and a cover rotatable about a pivotal axis for closing or opening the opening. When the cover is closed, a pressure portion disposed along one edge of the cover is clamped between a flexible printed board on a resilient piece of a fork-shaped contact and a fixing piece of the contact while pressing the flexible printed board against the resilient piece. A wire fixed within the cover includes a pair of opposite ends projecting from lateral sides of the cover along the pivotal axis, and an intermediate portion circumventing the pressure portion as spaced a distance from the pivotal axis.

Abstract: A wire-wrap connector block having a base that includes an articulable wall section that facilitates both automated wire-wrapping and potting procedures. During the wire-wrap procedure, the articulable wall section is latched in a position that permits the wire-wrap equipment to access the wire-wrap terminals without undesirable vertical movement of the wire-wrap equipment and wire. During the potting procedure, the articulable wall section is latched in a position in which the articulable wall section, together with another, non-articulable wall section, creates a substantially continuous wall about the bottom surface of the wire-wrap connector block base, defining a potting well or cavity within which potting material may be deposited.

Abstract: An accommodation block for connection of electrical components is mounted in an electrical connection box, e.g. of a vehicle. In the vicinity of each lengthwise end of side walls of the block body, there is formed an insertion guide extending downward from an upper end connected with the upper edge of the side wall. The guides are received in engagement elements of the box. The lower ends of the insertion guides are located below the lower end of the block body to improve visual observation during insertion into the box. A clamp is arranged below the block body. A protection rib for protecting the clamp is extended down from the lower end of one side wall.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric terminal mounting seat, a contact terminal set mounted in the terminal mounting seat, a metal shield enclosing the terminal mounting seat, and a dielectric casing enclosing the metal shield. The terminal mounting seat includes a base member and a cover member. The base member includes a bottom wall with front and rear portions. The contact terminal set is mounted on the bottom wall, and extends from the front portion to the rear portion. The base member further has a top side formed with an opening. The cover member is mounted movably on the base member so as to close the opening and so as to clamp the contact terminal set against the base member.

Abstract: A device and process for electrically connecting two electrical components or devices to each other by means of electrical, flexible conductors, in which the electrical conductors are prefabricated and then connected by means of a welding or soldering process to corresponding electrical connections of the component. In particular, a process and a device are for fixing the conductor ends and achieving an easy-to-handle embodiment of the conductor ends for producing the connection.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for a tractor-trailer jumper cable has an outer connector housing with an internal block of terminal cavities that is recessed to provide cylindrical sockets in each end of the outer connector housing. Each cavity receives a lead terminal and a lead seal attached to an end of one of the insulated leads of the jumper cable. A terminal position assurance (TPA) device having an integral clam shell strain relief is plugged into the socket at the cable end of the outer connector housing to make sure that the lead terminals and lead seals are properly positioned and to provide a strain relief for the cable. A disposable transition connector is plugged into the socket at the contact end of the outer connector body to seal the contact end and protect the cable terminals against corrosion.

Abstract: An electrical wiring device having strain relief assemblies for gripping an electrical cord and the individual conductors extending from the end of the cord. The electrical wiring device has a set of gripping members for providing strain relief between the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminals of the electrical device. The electrical wiring device also includes a pair of housing halves which support an additional set of gripping members for engaging the electrical cord upon installation therein. The housing halves also support the set of gripping members for the conductors.

Abstract: A modular plug includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals, and a signal transmission cable. The dielectric housing has a cable insertion end, a mating end opposite to the cable insertion end, a lower body portion, and an upper lid portion connected to the lower body portion. The lower body portion extends from the cable insertion end to the mating end. The lower body portion has a plurality of terminal grooves formed adjacent to the mating end, and a cable receiving space extending from the cable insertion end adjacent to the terminal grooves. The upper lid portion is operable relative to the lower body portion to expose the cable receiving space. The terminals are inserted into the cable receiving space through the terminal grooves. The signal transmission cable is received in the cable receiving space, and has a plurality of conductive wires that extend adjacent to the terminal grooves, respectively, and that are connected electrically to the terminals.

Abstract: A tap connector is provided for interconnection to an electrical cable having a plurality of conductor wires. A base defines a longitudinal axis along which the electrical cable is disposed. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the base and are spaced laterally of the axis for terminating the conductor wires. A cover is pivotally mounted on the base and includes a spreader structure for engaging and spreading the conductor wires automatically in response to mounting the cover on the base.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical connector for attachment to the end of an electrical cable. The connector includes a split body having contacts supported thereon for attachment to conductors of the cable. The split body accommodates cables of different diameters and is provided with a cable clamping member which can be placed in either of the split body portions. This cable clamping member cooperates with a clamping jaw on the other body member to clamp the cable between the cable clamping member and clamping jaw to provide strain-relief when the two body parts are joined. The cable clamping member is fitted with various ribs, tabs, etc. to properly position the cable clamping member in the body portions.

Abstract: A cover 20 is formed with an elastically deformable lock portion 27 which locks a corrugated protection tube 30 to restrict a loose displacement of the corrugated tube 30 along its longitudinal direction. The corrugated tube 30 is mounted as follows. First, the corrugated tube 30 is moved along its longitudinal direction with respect to the tubular cover 20 already mounted on the connector housing 10, and is inserted into the cover 20 from behind. Then, the lock portion 27 is elastically deformed, thereby permitting the insertion. When reaching a specified lock position, the corrugated tube 30 is locked by the lock portions 27, completing the mounting. Since the corrugated tube 30 needs not be positioned with respect to the lock portions 27 when being mounted, this connector has a better operability.

Abstract: A waterproof connector is low in manufacturing cost and has an enhanced waterproofness by complete prevention of the entry of water from a core wire being enabled. A cover portion is formed on an end portion of a housing and on the cover portion there is mounted a rubber-like elastic member having a semi-circular accommodation groove permitting a covered electric wire to pass therethrough. An upper cover portion is welded to the cover portion by ultrasonic oscillation. On the upper cover portion there is mounted a rubber-like elastic member brought into pressure contact with the covered electric wire together with the rubber-like elastic member as well as a core wire waterproofing member. When the ultrasonic oscillation is made, the core wire waterproofing member and a bottom surface portion of the cover portion are welded to each other.

Abstract: A cover member of a press-connecting connector for covering an opening portion of terminal receiving chambers formed in a connector housing, includes a plurality of sandwiching plates, for sandwiching wires, arranged side by side and in parallel to each other on a closed side surface of the cover member, and the sandwiching plates having thick portions formed so that a distance between the sandwiching plates is substantially equal to a outer diameter of the wires.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical connector for attachment to the end of an electrical cable. The connector includes a split body having contacts supported thereon for attachment to conductors of the cable. The split body accommodates cables of different diameters and is provided with a cable clamping member which can be placed in either of the split body portions. This cable clamping member cooperates with a clamping tab on the other body member to clamp the cable between the cable clamping member and clamping tab to provide strain-relief when the two body parts are joined. The cable clamping member is fitted with various ribs, tabs, etc. to properly position the cable clamping member in the body portions.

Abstract: A terminal board-cable assembly has an electric supply cable, and a boxlike terminal board molded from synthetic plastic material and defined by a base having at least one electric contact projecting from a first face of the base, and by a cover which is able to be locked to the base against a second face of the base opposite the first base. The cable is inserted and fixed removably fixed inside the boxlike terminal board, and has at least one conducting wire connected to the electric contact. The cover was connected non-removably to the base by at least one screw fitted through the cover, and having the head recessed inside a seat on the cover, and a shank threaded inside a threaded dead seat on the base. The screw is a one-way type, fastener, that is, one having a head with a gripping member only enabling the screw to be rotated in the threading direction, so that the screw, once threaded inside the seat, cannot be unscrewed, thus making the assembly monolithic in the same way as a pressure molded assembly.

Abstract: There is provided a construction in which the efficiency of an assembling operation is enhanced, and also the efficiency of arrangement of a terminal assembly in a mating connector is enhanced. Each of two housings 10 and 11 includes an upwardly-open wire connecting portion 2 and a terminal connecting portion 3 of a closed cross-sectional shape communicating with the wire connecting portion 2. The two housings 10 and 11 are disposed respectively on opposite sides of a cover member 18, with upper surfaces of the wire connecting portions 2 directed upwardly, and are integrally connected to the cover member 18 through hinges 20 and 4 so that the wire connecting portions 2 of the two housings, as well as the terminal connecting portions 3 thereof, can be stacked together relative to the cover member 18 vertically in the same position and the same direction.

Abstract: A wire retaining clip for guiding bundled wires extending from an electrical connector mounted to a power distribution box and securing the wires to the box to prevent vibration of the wires from causing them to separate from their terminals. The wire retaining clip is molded in a single piece and comprises a connector cover which snaps into attachment with the electrical connector to secure the wire terminals therein and a wire guide member attached to the cover by a living hinge. The wire guide member encloses the wires and routes them around an edge of the power distribution box and along a second surface of the box. The wires are taped or otherwise secured to the wire guide member, and a lock mechanism on the wire guide member engages cooperating means on the power distribution box to secure the wires to the box.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or cord connector. The electrical connector preferably has a pair of housing halves, a contact retainer body with integral front face and a funnel cap. The funnel cap retains the blade assembly or terminals within the contact retainer body and funnels the wiring of the electrical cord into the contact retainer body for connection with the terminals of the electrical connector. The funnel cap is first releasably coupled to the contact retainer body by a tight-fit such as a press-fit or a snap-fit during wiring of the electrical connector, and then positively retained to the contact retainer body by features of the housing of the electrical connector after complete assembly of the electrical connector.

Abstract: A connector housing for an electrical terminal includes a base member configured to engage a top member having two discrete segments. One of the segments engages the base member so as to retain an electrical terminal therebetween in a preconnection mode which exposes a portion of the terminal so as to permit electrical connection to be made thereto. A second segment of the top member engages the base member so as to enclose the electrical connection which was made to the terminal so as to provide a closed, assembled electrical connector.

Abstract: An insulator for wire terminals for covering connectors at the ends of temporarily detached live electric wires includes an upper housing and a lower housing hingedly attached at one end. Each housing is structured to include a cavity and a semi-circular recess leading from the respective cavity to a side of the respective housing opposite the hinge. The insulator further includes a tab like grip for facilitating manipulation of the insulator and adhesive pads for holding the housings together.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or cord connector. The electrical connector preferably has a pair of housing halves, a contact retainer body with integral front face and a funnel cap. The funnel cap retains the blade assembly or terminals within the contact retainer body and funnels the wiring of the electrical cord into the contact retainer body for connection with the terminals of the electrical connector. The funnel cap is first releasably coupled to the contact retainer body by a tight-fit such as a press-fit or a snap-fit during wiring of the electrical connector, and then positively retained to the contact retainer body by features of the housing of the electrical connector after complete assembly of the electrical connector.

Abstract: A cable connector kit is provided which may be assembled to electrically and mechanically connect a central conductor of a coaxial cable to a male or female contact. An upper and a lower insulator are provided in the kit, such insulators being attachable to each other to form an insulator body having a cavity therein. The lower insulator includes an anvil which extends into such cavity and the upper insulator includes a compressing member which extends into such cavity and mates with the anvil. When assembled, a cable connector assembly is provided wherein the central conductor overlaps a portion of the contact, the central conductor and contact portion being sandwiched between the anvil and compressing member.

Abstract: Respective terminals are received in terminal accommodating chambers in the direction of arrow A from the front of a connector body, respectively. Then, stabilizers and lances of the terminals are locked in first and second grooves of the respective terminal accommodating chambers, so that the terminals are surely positioned in predetermined positions in the terminal accommodating chamber. Projecting portions provided integrally with the connector body lock the terminals in the predetermined positions to thereby prevent the terminals from moving in the direction of arrow A. Electric wires pressure-contacted to the terminals are bent in accordance with the outer shapes of the projecting portions, so that the electric wires are restrained from moving in the direction of arrow A. Accordingly, the electric wires are surely prevented from coming off backward out of the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or cord connector. The electrical connector preferably has a pair of housing halves, a contact retainer body with integral front face and a funnel cap. The funnel cap retains the blade assembly or terminals within the contact retainer body and funnels the wiring of the electrical cord into the contact retainer body for connection with the terminals of the electrical connector. The funnel cap is first releasably coupled to the contact retainer body by a tight-fit such as a press-fit or a snap-fit during wiring of the electrical connector, and then positively retained to the contact retainer body by features of the housing of the electrical connector after complete assembly of the electrical connector.

Abstract: An electrical cord clamp is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or connector. The electrical cord clamp provides strain relief between the ends of the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminals of the electrical device or connector. The cord clamp has a pair of clamping members tiltably coupled to a pair of housing halves of the electrical device for tiltably engaging the electrical cord upon installation thereon to pull the electrical cord towards the terminals of the electrical device or connector. One or more spring elements are preferably provided for normally biasing the clamping members to their original position prior to assembly within the electrical device or connector. In one embodiment, the spring elements are integrally formed with the cover halves. In other embodiments, clamping members are provided with one or more spring elements or arms.

Abstract: An electrical cord clamp is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or connector. The electrical cord clamp provides strain relief between the ends of the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminals of the electrical device or connector. The cord clamp has a pair of clamping members slidably coupled to a pair of housing halves of the electrical device for slidably engaging the electrical cord upon installation thereon to pull the electrical cord towards the terminals of the electrical device or connector. The clamping members can have one or more spring elements or arms integrally formed therewith for normally biasing the clamping members to their original position prior to assembly within the electrical device or connector.

Abstract: A waterproof cover for a connector includes a rear holder portion attached to a rear portion of a connector housing to hold terminals inserted into terminal insertion holes of the connector housing from a rear side of the connector housing; and a waterproof cover portion attached to a rear side of the rear holder portion to cover wires extending rearward from the terminals. The waterproof cover has a pair of first and second cover halves; a hinge for linking a pair of the first and second cover halves so as to be opened and closed relative to each other; and a lock mechanism for locking a pair of the first and second cover halves when the two cover halves are closed. In particular, a front end surface of the first cover half is formed integrally with an outer circumference of the rear holder portion so as to form an end surface plate of the first cover half along roughly all over the circumference of the first cover half.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a through axial passage for receiving therein an electrical terminal. A cover is hingedly connected to the housing for movement from an open position to a closed position, with the cover and the housing having respective juxtaposed walls bounding at least one lateral side of the passage when the cover is in its closed position. Complementary laterally engaging latches are provided between the juxtaposed walls to hold the cover in its closed position. The wall of the cover is juxtaposed inside the wall of the housing in a lateral direction. Therefore, lateral forces on the terminal biases the wall of the cover outwardly toward the wall of the housing to ensure engagement of the laterally engaging latches.

Abstract: An insulating housing for mounting in a mating female connector housing of an electrical connector, whereby the insulating housing is a two-piece construction including a housing member which receives a cover therein. The cover comprises a strain relief member which, in a preferred embodiment, is integrally formed as part of the cover and which comprises a plurality of teeth. When the cover is mounted in the insulating housing, the strain relief member may be pivoted from an unlocked to a locked position, whereupon the plurality of teeth bite into the insulation of the insulated wires, thereby relieving strain on the insulated wires.

Abstract: A unitary lampholder (10) including a lamp socket (12,14) as well as a multi-position switch which can take the form of a three-way, two circuit switch for operating a two filament lamp, a single circuit switch for operating a single filament lamp or arranged to permit the switch to be operated from a remote point. The lampholder has a bottom housing (14) and a top housing (12) which includes an access door (16) which is slidably and rotatably mounted to the remainder of the top housing by a guide member 54 which moves within slots (93,94) and permits the access door 16 to be rotated from a position on and perpendicular to the top housing axis to one parallel to that axis in which position it can be slidably moved towards the bottom housing. Upon slidably moving the access door towards the bottom housing, projections (160, 162) on the base of access door force insulated conductors (92,94) into the insulation displacing terminals (86,88) of the contacts (60,62) to make electrical contact therewith.

Abstract: A shielded electrical connector is comprised of a shielded connector component having a shielding shroud integrated with a front flange section. The shielded connector is positionable within an outer shell including hermaphroditic shielding shell members whereby each shielding shell member includes hook members on opposing sides thereof for inter-engagement at the front of the shell members. Fasteners can then be used to retain the shell members together.

Abstract: A cover structure arranged to enclose a power tool plug to discourage access includes first and second housings pivotally mounted relative to first and second anchor straps, wherein the first and second covers each include a respective first and second floor having a respective first and second floor recess when in contiguous communication or a mirror image relationship relative to one another to receive an opening tool within said recess.

Abstract: A device for transferring current between two end points between which a ribbon cable (10) extends, the ribbon cable serving for an electric connection and being contained in a cassette in coiled form, the cable having at least two electric wires. Plug pins (12) are connected to bared wires of the ribbon cable (10), the pins being arranged in a prefabricated housing (G) of insulating material. The housing (G) consists of a base body (16) and a cover (17) which are locked to each other in the closed position of the housing (G). Projections (19) are arranged on the cover (17), the projections resting firmly against the plug pins (12) in order to fix the position of the plug pins in a closed position of the housing (G). The ribbon cable (10) is passed through a separating joint (T) disposed between the cover (17) and the base body (16), and is clamped therein in the closed position of the housing (G).

Abstract: A water-proof connector includes a main body with a terminal accommodating chamber provided therein, a pair of covers integrally formed through a hinge on both the sides of the rear portion of the main body which becomes the insertion side of the electric wire with the terminal adhering on it, a concave portion for forming the electric wire through opening and provided in a closed condition converging towards the respective tip end portions of the cover, a rubber sealing material mounted on the inner face of each cover to adhere on the electric wire near the tip end portion, and engaging elements in a cover closed condition.

Abstract: A plug connector for use in a computer system comprised of an upper shell side-hinged to a lower shell by a connecting portion. The upper shell has pins respectively inserted into pin holes on the lower shell, a pair of opposite eye end posts side-matched to a pair of opposite eye end posts on the lower shell respectively and retained together by respective screw bolts, a pair of opposite semi-circularly notched upright blocks end-matched to a pair of opposite semi-circularly notched upright blocks on the lower shell in providing two round holes respectively aligned with the eye end posts for inserting and supporting the screw bolts.

Abstract: A shock absorber is disclosed which electrically communicates with an external source of electrical potential. The shock absorber comprises a valve for electrically controlling the flow of damping fluid in the working chamber of the shock absorber. The shock absorber further comprises a connector for allowing the valve to be electrically connected to the source of electrical potential. The connector comprises an adapter shaft communicating with the piston rod of the shock absorber, a first connector assembly connected to the adapter shaft, and a second connector assembly connected to the first connector assembly.

Abstract: Connector housing with contact element chambers, accommodating contact elements one of which is connected to the signal conductor, the other one of which is connected to a shield branched from the signal conductor. A vertical wall of the connector housing adjacent to the contact element chamber of the contact element of the shield is provided with a flap which is connected with the remaining part of the vertical side wall by means of a film hinge. The flap is provided with a cover with recesses for guiding at least one coaxial cable out of the connector housing and with a stress relieving nose which exerts pressure on the branch of the shield when the flap is closed and relieves pressure in this way.

Abstract: A measurement pickup comprising a housing having a side opening, a measuring element located in the housing, a connection cable extending through the side opening and connected with the measuring element, and a closing part located in the side opening closing the side opening and fixing the connection cable at least in one direction and a body of plastic material injected into the housing for sealing the measuring element.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting in an opening in a panel is provided with a housing positionable in the panel opening. At least one latch arm is molded integrally with the housing for engaging the panel at an edge of the opening for securing the housing in the opening. The latch arm has a stepped configuration for accommodating panels of different thicknesses at the opening.