Abstract: A battery-operated palm stapler, an insert for holding a fastener, and a method of installing a fastener using the palm stapler. The stapler includes a housing with a telescoping barrel extending outwardly therefrom. An insert is engaged in the barrel's bore and is held in place by magnets. The insert body defines a slot for receiving fasteners therein. The slot extends from a top wall of the body to a bottom wall thereof. At least one magnet is provided in the body adjacent the slot and is used to hold fasteners in a correct orientation for installation. A sensor probe provided in the body is operable to detect if voltage is carried in electrical cables adjacent which fasteners are to be installed. The probe deactivates a hammer actuating mechanism if voltage is detected. Inserts holding different types of fastener may be selectively engaged with the palm stapler.

Abstract: A junction box assembly includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a connector assembly and a bolt. The upper housing includes a bolt support. The bolt support is a cylindrical member having a top surface and a through hole. The lower housing includes a bottom through hole. The connector assembly further including a threaded bore. A bolt having a threaded end is disposed in the through hole of the upper housing, the bottom through hole of the lower housing and threadedly engaged with the threaded bore of the connector assembly so as to secure the upper housing, lower housing and connector assembly together. The top surface of the cylindrical member includes a plurality of holes, each of the plurality of holes being closed at a bottom end.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a card slot at a mating end configured to pass through a panel opening of a panel forward of the panel for receiving a circuit card. A cable end of the housing is rearward of the panel. The electrical connector assembly includes contacts held in the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes cables terminated to the contacts and extending from the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes a connector mounting bracket having a collar surrounding a window receiving the housing. The connector mounting bracket has mounting latches extending from the collar with latch fingers configured to be coupled to the panel. The connector mounting bracket includes a biasing element configured to engage the panel to bias the panel against the mounting latches.

Abstract: Second fixation portions of a terminal conversion adaptor are fitted into and engaged with engagement portions abutting on first fixation portions of a power semiconductor module. By use of one common fixation screw, each of the fixation portions and each of the second fixation portions are fixed to a cooler. Pin connection type external connection terminals of the power semiconductor module are connected to conversion terminals (which are provided with screw connection portions) of the terminal conversion adaptor so that the pin connection type external connection terminals can be converted into screw connection. Thus, it is possible to provide a conversion adaptor which can convert a connection form of each external connection terminal of a power semiconductor module easily and a power semiconductor module device in which the connection form of the external connection terminal can be converted into a desired connection form by the conversion adaptor.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector able to prevent a first interlock connector from making contact with a bolt, a terminal fitting, or the like, and able to position a cover for covering a bolting chamber. The connector includes: the terminal receiving portion provided with the terminal fittings to be connected to the electrodes of the connector attachment portion; the cover member for covering the terminal receiving portion; the first interlock connector projecting from the cover member; and the second interlock connector provided on the terminal receiving portion and configured to be fitted to the first interlock connector. When the cover member covers the terminal receiving portion, the first interlock connector and the second interlock connector are fitted to each other, thereby the connector detects that the cover member covers the terminal receiving portion and allows the terminal fittings to be energized with the electrodes of the connector attachment portion.

Abstract: Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors having a reduced size in at least one direction can be provided. One example reduces height by not including a center contact tab or tongue, but instead places contacts on an insulator that is adjacent to a bottom portion of the receptacle. Another example may reduce width by reducing contact pitch, and may use a particular shape of contact to achieve god signal quality. Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors can also provide support for one or more new high-speed communication standards, such as USB 3.0 and DisplayPort. Methods can provide one or more standardized connector components to speed connector design and manufacture of new electronic devices such as media players, thus reducing their time to market.

Abstract: Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors having a reduced size in at least one direction can be provided. One example reduces height by not including a center contact tab or tongue, but instead places contacts on an insulator that is adjacent to a bottom portion of the receptacle. Another example may reduce width by reducing contact pitch, and may use a particular shape of contact to achieve good signal quality. Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors can also provide support for one or more new high-speed communication standards, such as USB 3.0 and DisplayPort. Methods can provide one or more standardized connector components to speed connector design and manufacture of new electronic devices such as media players, thus reducing their time to market.

Abstract: In a connector for accommodating individual pre-fabricated electrical cables fitted with electric pin contacts or socket contacts is provided. The connector proposes to insert the electric contacts into longitudinally aligned and semi-enclosed contact chambers and to insert the carrier member into a surrounding connector sleeve, wherein a carrier sleeve arranged within the connector sleeve features raised longitudinal ribs for aligning the electric contacts in the contact chambers. The connector sleeve is composed of a first connector part, a second connector part and a carrier sleeve, wherein the first connector part on the mating side is rotatably arranged on the carrier sleeve while the second connector part that points to the cable connection side is rigidly connected to the carrier sleeve.

Abstract: In a connector (1) for accommodating individual pre-fabricated electric cables (44) fitted with electric pin contacts or socket contacts (40), the invention proposes to insert the electric contacts into longitudinally aligned and semienclosed contact chambers (31) and to insert the carrier member into a surrounding connector sleeve (3), wherein a carrier sleeve (20) arranged within the connector sleeve features raised longitudinal ribs (24) for aligning the electric contacts (40) in the contact chambers (31). In this case, the connector sleeve (3) is composed of a first connector part (10), a second connector part (15) and a carrier sleeve (20), wherein the first connector part (10) on the mating side is rotatably arranged on the carrier sleeve (20) while the second connector part (15) that points to the cable connection side is rigidly connected to the carrier sleeve (20).

Abstract: A switch assembly is provided which includes a holder defining at least a pair of eyelets extending completely therethrough; an electrically conductive lead-frame supported on the holder, the lead-frame defining at least a pair of openings therein; and at least a pair of electrically conductive rivets each configured and adapted for at least partial positioning in a respective eyelet. The first opening of the lead-frame is larger than a head portion of a first rivet such that the head portion does not contact the lead-frame. The second opening of the lead-frame is smaller than a head portion of another rivet such that the head portion contacts the lead-frame. The switch assembly further includes at least one electrically conductive snap dome in electrical contact with the lead-frame and overlying the first rivet.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of using a in situ finishing information for finishing semiconductor wafers is described. The method uses operative sensors such as friction sensors for detecting and improving control during finishing. The method can aid control of finishing while using in situ finishing information and cost of manufacture information. The method can aid control of finishing while using organic lubricants, lubricating films, and lubricating boundary layers in the operative finishing interface. The method can generally aid control of differential finishing such as when using differential lubricating films such as lubricating boundary layers. Control can generally aid improvement of differential finishing of semiconductor wafers. Planarization and localized finishing can used with in situ finishing information such as differential lubricating boundary layer for finishing. Defects can generally be reduced using the in situ friction finishing information method.

Abstract: A method of grounding a tube to a chassis wherein a plastic clip made conductive by the incorporation of conductive particles therein, is clamped onto the jacket of metal automotive vehicle tubing so that projections on the clip penetrate through the jacket to engage the outer surface of the metal tube. The clip body is welded to the jacket to hermetically seal the region of contact between the clip and the metal.

Abstract: A male electrical plug assembly includes an elongated body, terminal holder and terminal retainer made of an insulating material. The body has locating elements and locating passages aligned with the locating elements. The terminal holder fits over an opposite end portion of the body and has cavities formed thereon and slots defined therein aligned with the cavities. The cavities and slots are alignable with the locating passages and the locating elements. The male plug assembly also includes electrical terminals disposed in the cavities and elongated electrical contact elements mounted to the locating elements and extending through the locating passages of the body and through the slots and through the cavities of the terminal holder and through the terminals disposed in the cavities and into the terminal retainer.

Abstract: A male electrical plug assembly includes an elongated body, a mounting flange, a terminal holder and a terminal retainer, all being made of an insulating material. The elongated body has a plurality of locating elements defined on an exterior surface on one end portion thereof and an annular shoulder defined thereon adjacent to the external locating elements. The mounting flange is adapted to fit over the elongated body and abut against the annular shoulder and has an internal annular wall with a plurality of recesses defined therein being alignable with the external locating elements of the elongated body. The terminal holder is adapted to fit over the elongated body in abutting relation against the mounting flange and has a plurality of cavities and a plurality of slots aligned with the cavities. The cavities and slots are alignable with the internal recesses of the mounting flange and the external locating elements of the elongated body.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a novel device that electrically connects conductors from a cable to the electrical contacts of a plug by means of a single fastener. The device comprises a shell, a plug assembly carried by the shell. The plug assembly is capable of mating engagement with other electrical contacts and has receiving means for receiving electrical conductors. A single fastener holds the terminals of the conductors in electrical connection with the electrical contacts. The single fastener includes a movable carriage on which is mounted a nut through which a screw is threaded with a head with a flange that is engaged with the wall of the plug assembly so that when the screw is rotated, the carriage moves so as to decrease or enlarge a chamber in which the conductor terminals and a portion of the electrical contacts are situated.