Abstract: A female connector is provided with a guide protrusion portion so as to cover a tip face of a female side shield shell, and when a male side shield shell is butted against an inclined face provided in the guide protrusion portion and pushed thereto, it proceeds toward an outer edge side of a tip face of the female side shield shell by being guided by the inclined face. Here, since the guide protrusion portion is provided in a female side connector housing of the female connector, a large guidable range can be ensured without being undergone a limitation owing to a wall thickness dimension of the shield shell.

Abstract: A wiring interconnection system for interconnecting a plurality of electrical components. The wiring system is mountable to an external surface and includes an insulated cable. The insulated cable is shielded for use with RF transmission and provides a low profile when mounted to the external surface.

Abstract: A kinematic coupling includes a male connector (94) and first and second opposed jaws (122, 124.) Each of the jaws is pivotable from a retracted position in which the male connector can be inserted between the jaws and an engaging position in which the jaws prevent withdrawal of the male connector from between the jaws. The male connector is movable between an extended and a retracted position, and is biased towards the retracted position. This provides a positive clamping force when the kinematic coupling is engaged.

Abstract: A balanced-transmission cable-and-connector unit includes a junction substrate, a plug for balanced transmission connected to one end of the junction substrate, a cable for balanced transmission connected to the other end of the junction substrate, and a shielding cover covering the junction substrate, a portion of the plug at which the plug is connected to the junction substrate and a portion of the cable at which the cable is connected to the junction substrate. The plug includes a pair of first and second signal contacts, and the length of a first signal transmitting path from the first signal contact to the cable via the junction substrate is substantially equal to the length of a second signal transmitting path from the second signal contact to the cable via the junction substrate.

Abstract: A second connector 15 on an engine control unit 10 side is directly fixed to the engine control unit 10, and the engine control unit 10 is fixed in the interior of the equipment box 4 in such manner that it finely moves therein. A fist connector 25 on an instrument panel 20 side is gradually moved up in a vertical direction, while being faced to the second connector 15 on the engine control unit 10 side for connection of the fist connector 25 and the second connector 15. Lever-type connectors are used as the first and second connectors 25 and 15 which have a function to reduce a load resulting at the time of connection of the connectors.

Abstract: This piece comprises a profiled part having a hollow polygonal cross section along which is made, longitudinally, a straight stripping and retaining slit (10) for at least one wire.

Abstract: A conductive male thread (22) has a thrust bearing flank (22a) coated with an insulating paint layer (23), and a conductive female thread (12) has a thrust bearing flank (12a) formed with a conductive projection (13) to break through the paint layer (23) and bite in that flank (22a).

Abstract: A connector 1 with a terminal vibration preventing mechanism according to the invention is designed as follows: A vibration preventing piece 37 is provided on the side surface of a connecting section between an elongated tab-shaped contact section 31 provided at one end of a connecting terminal 30 and a locking section 33 at the middle, in such a manner that it is flush with the side surface of the locking section and extended towards the tab-shaped contact section. A contact recess 21 is formed in the contact section engaging hole 20 which is formed in a housing 10, so that, when the connecting terminal 30 is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber 11, the vibrating preventing piece 37 of the connecting terminal is abutted against the contact recess 21 in the contact engaging hole 20.

Abstract: A connector backshell contains a wad of wire wool encapsulated in an elastomeric silicone. Screened cables extend through passages through the wad and have their braided screening sleeves exposed within the passages. The wire wool is exposed within the passages and on the outside of the wad so that it electrically connects the screening sleeves with the inside of the backshell.

Abstract: Board terminals 12, each including a tapering insertion portion 13 for insertion into a through hole in a board, a soldering portion 14 to be soldered to the board, and a connection portion 15 for connection to a mating terminal, are produced from a square wire 11, the insertion portion, the soldering portion and the connection portion being continuously arranged in this order in a direction of a length of the board terminal. The square wire 11 has a width larger than a thickness thereof. The insertion portion 13 is formed by pressing the square wire, and the soldering portion 14 is formed by cutting or pressing widthwise opposite side portions of that portion of the square wire extending from the insertion portion 13, the soldering portion having a width smaller than the width of the square wire. Those portions, removed from the square wire by cutting or pressing, are very small, and generally the whole of the square wire can be formed into the board terminal, and therefore a loss of the material is reduced.

Abstract: (1) A connector includes a body, at least one contact metal element inserted and fitted along a direction in the body and a lead wire having one end portion thereof inserted into an opening of the body along a further direction different from the inserting direction of the contact metal element. The one end portion of the lead wire inserted in the body is laterally pressed and contacted by a leading end of the contact metal element to be electrically connected therewith, and the other portion of the lead wire not inserted in the body is bent at the opening to the inserting direction of the contact metal element, with the bent portion of the lead wire being retained by a lead wire retaining portion of the body.

Abstract: In a socket for an electrical part, an IC package is received in a socket body. A contact pin is provided for the socket body. The contact pin is formed with a movable contact piece having a movable side contact portion. The movable side contact portion is contacted to a terminal of the IC package and separated from the terminal. In the socket, in a state that the IC package is not received in the socket body, a bent portion is formed on a stationary side contact portion such as a mount portion of the stationary contact piece. The movable contact side portion is seated on the stationary side contact portion so that the movable side contact portion is adapted to be slid on the bent portion, thereby making longer a wiped width of the movable side contact portion.

Abstract: A pair of thin-walled portions 6 are formed on packing 3 between a seal lip portion 92 and a vent hole in a connector housing 1. A pair of short-shot preventing ribs 8 are located contiguously to the thin-walled portions 6. The short-shot preventing ribs 8 are formed in a mold between the seal lip portion 92 and the vent hole (vent core 5), and a packing material is allowed to reach the vent hole via a narrow gap between each short-shot preventing rib 8 and the connector housing 1. Consequently, the flow resistance of the packing material increases, so that the packing material is preferentially filled in seal lip portions 91 and 92. The short-shot preventing ribs 8 may be formed on the connector housing 1 instead of the mold. The pair of short-shot preventing ribs 8 are formed, and the packing material is allowed to reach the vent hole.

Abstract: A vibrator connector adapted to connect a vibrator to a circuit board, including an electrically insulative shell mounted on the circuit board, the shell having two parallel terminal slots extended in reversed directions and a top stop wall spaced above the terminal slots, and two terminals mounted in the terminal slots inside the shell, the terminals each having a connecting plate soldered to the circuit board, a curved springy extension arm stopped below the top stop wall of the shell and terminating in a contact portion suspending above the top stop wall of the shell and disposed in contact with a respective contact of the vibrator.

Abstract: An electrical connector system, comprising: an electrical connector; a plurality of wires extending from the connector and arranged in a plurality of twisted pairs; and an insert separating the wires defining each of the twisted pairs. A method of reducing cross-talk in an electrical connector system that produces an unwanted cross-talk, comprising the steps of: providing an electrical connector with a plurality of wires extending therefrom and arranged in a plurality of twisted pairs; providing an insert; placing the insert between the wires defining each of the twisted pairs. The insert causes the wires to produce a compensating cross-talk that offsets the unwanted cross-talk.

Abstract: The object of the present invention to provide a connector, or a male-female engagement type connector set to be more precise, wherein the contact section of the female connector is invisible from the outside through its insertion opening.

Abstract: A connector housing has an opening for pressure contacting an insulated wire to an insulation displacing terminal in a terminal accommodating chamber. A housing body has an upper wall and a lower wall one of which defines the opening. A cover is for closing the opening and is connected integrally to the housing body through a hinge. An engagement projection is fixed to an outer surface of the cover at a position opposite to the hinge. When a set of insulation-displacement connectors is joined, the engagement projection is fitted in an engagement recessed part formed on an opposing surface of a mating connector, so that the connector housing and the mating connector are joined with each other. Insulation-displacement connectors are stacked in a vertical direction and each has the engagement projection formed to the cover.

Abstract: A connecting tube has a middle portion in the direction of length thereof, which is preliminarily narrowed, and is fixed by being press-fitted into a mounting hole of a shield wall. At a terminal of a shielded cable, an exposed end portion of the shield layer is turned up and put upon a C-ring for underlaying fitted into an end portion of an outer sheath. The shielded cable, on which such terminal processing is performed, is inserted into the connecting tube. A narrowed portion of the connecting tube is caulked so that the shield layer is sandwiched between the narrowed portion of the connecting tube and the C-ring. At that time, at both the front and rear end portions of the caulked portion of the connecting tube, tapering portions, or bellmouths are formed so that their radial dimensions gradually increase in opposite directions, respectively.

Abstract: An electric connector with a terminal is provided, which includes: a first electric connector having a connector housing in which a terminal accommodating chamber is formed; a second electric connector with a second terminal; a first terminal to be accommodated in the connector housing and to be connected with an electric wire; an electrical contact section provided on the first terminal and having a contact piece to be electrically connected with the second terminal; a wire connection section provided on the first terminal for connecting an electric wire; and a space provided between the electrical contact section and an inner surface of the terminal accommodating chamber for allowing relative movement between the electrical contact section and the connector housing. The space is formed by making a step between a bottom of the electrical contact section and a bottom of the wire connection section.

Abstract: An extractor rotatably couples to a connector and includes an extractor body, a first member, a second member, a biasing mechanism, and a cam arm. The first member and the second member both extend perpendicularly away from the extractor body to engage the connector. The cam arm attaches to the extractor body and extends perpendicularly away from the extractor body. A biasing mechanism is attached to the extractor which biases the cam arm. As the cam arm is rotated, the first and second members contact the connector and separate the connector assembly from the electrical device.

Abstract: A protective cover for attachment to an electrical connector having a pair of spaced, parallel upstanding walls with a plurality of exposed electrical contacts disposed between inner surfaces of the upstanding walls. The protective cover includes a planar top wall, a pair of spaced, parallel planar side walls and a pair of spaced, parallel planar end walls. The planar side and end walls engage the outer surfaces of the upstanding walls of the electrical connector to removably secure the protective cover to the electrical connector such that the protective cover enshrouds the electrical contacts to protect the electrical contacts from damage and prevent accumulation of dust particles on the electrical contacts. Each of the planar side and end walls has a lower free edge that is radiused to form a lead-in feature that aids in aligning and sliding the protective cover onto the upstanding walls of the electrical connector.

Abstract: A connector for high frequency signals comprises a housing of insulating material and female contact elements received in the housing and regularly arranged in rows and columns at a fixed intermediate spacing. The housing has a front side with inlet openings providing access to the contact elements, a connection side for connection to a printed circuit board, a cable or the like, and a plurality of cavities extending between the front side and the connection side. Adjacent cavities are separated by inner walls extending in row and column direction each cavity accommodating at least one contact element. At least the inner walls of the cavities are metallized and the corresponding contact element is supported within the cavity by support elements of insulating.

Abstract: In the connector fitting structure 1 of the invention, a male connector 10 includes lock arms 16, each having a housing lock 18 formed at a distal end thereof, first engagement portions 46 formed on an inner surface of an outer housing 11, and a second engagement portion 48 formed on the outer housing 11 and disposed below the lock arms 16. The housing locks 18 are engageable with engagement projections 43, respectively, and a pressing portion 19 is formed on an upper surface of the lock arms 16. First and second slide members 21 and 26, holding compression springs 33 therebetween, are mounted within the outer housing 11 so as to slide in a fitting direction. The second slide member 26 includes first engagement arms 28 for engagement respectively with the first engagement portions 46, a second engagement arm 47 for engagement with the second engagement portion 48, and retaining portions 27 for respectively locking the lock arms 16 after the fitting operation is effected.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a tubular body (1) with a hollow section (2) having a mouth (3), a female contact element (6) with a pair of contact pieces (7) extending in the hollow section (2) forming a throat portion (8) near the mouth (3), and a window (5) provided at a position corresponding to said throat portion (8).

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which includes an insulative housing with an electrical contact inserted therein. The electrical contact includes a solder tail at one end, a deflectable wiping element at the other end, and an elongate contact body therebetween. The contact body includes a deflectable tang acutely extending therefrom. The tang engages a locking shoulder in the cavity so as to prevent the removal of the contact from the cavity. An access aperture in the housing communicates with the cavity to allow deflecting engagement of the tang away from the locking shoulder so that the contact may be removed from the cavity.

Abstract: A modular connector system for interconnecting printed circuit boards includes a first connector having an insulative housing supporting an array of blade-shaped contacts and a second connector having a complementary array of beam-shaped contacts. Preferably, each beam-shaped contact includes substantially independent coplanar beams which, in use, contact a common surface of a respective blade-shaped contact to provide multiple points of contact. The second connector includes a plurality of modules stacked in parallel. Each module includes a shield plate having an insulative receptacle attached at one end and a row of signal conductors, each having a beam-shaped contact at one end.

Abstract: An electrical connector device or jumper for electrically connecting two or more electrical terminals. The electrical connector comprises a conductive bridging member having opposing first and second ends. The bridging member extends in a first direction. Each of the ends of the bridging member define opposing contact surfaces for making electrical contact with a terminal when it is admitted between the opposing contact surfaces. The contact surfaces are adapted to admit, or to allow removal of, the electrical terminal in a direction generally aligned with the first direction or in a direction generally transverse to the first direction.

Abstract: A dimmer (100) comprises a PWM circuit (401) for driving through pulse width modulation and a switching device (110) formed on the same chip. The switching device (110) has a driving circuit (111), an overheat cut-off protecting circuit (306), a main control FETQA to be a semiconductor switch, a first reference FETQB for generating a reference voltage and a resistor Rr1. Furthermore, overcurrent detecting means is implemented by a comparator CMP1 for detecting a difference between the reference voltage and a drain-source voltage of the main control FETQA and an output thereof cuts off and controls the driving circuit 111 so that the main control FETQA is ON/OFF controlled. The overcurrent detecting means and ON/OFF control means have a soft start function of suppressing a rush current flowing to loads (102a to 102n) of an illuminating system.

Abstract: A power connector system has a male member, a female member and a contact member. A cable is attached to the male member. The female member has a U-shaped channel. The contact member is U-shaped and is received in the channel. The side walls of the channel have outer edges defining an outer opening to the channel and end edges defining an end opening to the channel. The male member has a single blade which is insertable into the contact member either though the outer opening or through the end opening.

Abstract: A connector assembly (1) has a lower row of side-by-side terminal arrays (28) having a common dielectric carrier (30), and an upper row of side-by side terminal arrays (34) having a common dielectric carrier (3), each of the carriers (30) has guide sections (40) at opposite lateral ends, the carriers (30) are installed one behind the other, with the guide sections (40) being guided along common guides (19) of the housing (4), and the housing (4) has a resilient latch arm (20) that extends between the side-by-side terminal arrays (28 and 34), and holds the carriers (30) one behind the other.

Abstract: A device for contacting an electrically operated apparatus, having at least one terminal contact on the apparatus and one plug that can be connected to it axially, with the plug including a sleeve contact which is in contact with an electrically conducting contact area of the terminal contact after joining them, with the terminal contact being oriented parallel to an installation direction of the apparatus, and the sleeve contact being connectable to the terminal contact parallel to the installation direction.

Abstract: One end of a two-core twisted pair cable 30 having two twisted wires 32 and 34 in a common jacket 36 is prepared. An insert 20 having a pair of semicylindrical halves 22a and 22b connected by a hinge 21 in which a central groove 25 and a branched groove 26 are formed is used. An insert subassembly is prepared by placing one wire 32 connected to the central contact in the central groove 25 of the insert 20, and by placing the other wire 34 in the branched groove 26 and bringing outside its exposed conductor 38. This insert subassembly is inserted in the outer ferrule 13 of the metal shell 12 of the BNC connector 10, after which the ferrule is crimped, thus connecting the conductor 38 to the metal shell 12.

Abstract: A connector guard is provided for a telephone line overvoltage protection device of the type having a plurality of terminals for electrical and mechanical connection with a telephone connector block. The connector guard comprises a housing including a plurality of walls extending in an axial direction between a first end and a second end. The housing is formed of electrically insulative material. The housing walls define a plurality of terminal receiving channels that extend between the first and second ends of the housing. The terminals are slideably inserted into the channels from the first end and are retained in snap-fit engagement with the housing. The housing walls electrically insulate adjacent ones of the terminals. The connector guard channels are dimensioned to provide contact pressure on the terminals to maintain effective electrical connections. The connector guard is dimensioned to facilitate electrical testing access to the terminals.