Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including a female receptacle for receiving a mating contact member. The mating contact member is an axially elongated member formed of an electrically conductive material. The female receptacle is formed of an electrically conductive material and has an elongated, tubular body adapted to receive the mating contact member. One of the mating contact member or the tubular body of the female receptacle has a predefined, longitudinally extending rotational skew. The mating contact member has at least one resilient, elongated beam that is progressively deflected along said predefined rotational skew when inserted within the female receptacle.

Abstract: A terminal strip comprises a plurality of edge clips for attachment to contact pads on a circuit bearing board, in which each clip is crimped onto a non-conductive carrier bar or strip for supporting the clips. The clips are formed in a stamping process and are crimped to the non-conductive carrier strip during the stamping process.

Abstract: A plurality of contacts are stamped out of flat sheet metal stock simultaneously with blank forming female rectangular contact boxes initially flat, with a male contact extending therefrom, and with each box material blank joined to a common carrier strip extending longitudinally of the contact array. The flat box material blanks are initially equal to or slightly less than a fraction of the distance D between uniformly spaced holes within the holder. While maintaining the contacts linked to the carrier strip, the lateral side edges of the box material blanks are bent up and swaged to thin the box material portions and laterally expand those portions, widthwise, in excess of D.

Abstract: The method of manufacture of an electrical connector and the connector produced thereby employing slotted connecting cylindrical prongs with a pre-vulcanized elastomeric insert is made possible by stretching a strip of elastomeric material until it reaches a thickness of half that of the slots, inserting it in the slots and permitting it to contract in length and expand in thickness. A special strip of novel construction is adapted for use with an expanding tool to facilitate the operation. The resulting connector having prongs containing prestressed inserts and consequently possessing improved connecting properties is achieved.

Abstract: A connector for connecting cnductors of coaxially shielded cables to standard, non-coaxial male contacts disposed in a row including (a) a first inner contact compatible with each of the male contacts, and being electrically and mechanically connected to a first inner conductor of one of the coaxially shielded cables; (b) an electrically insulating element surrounding the first inner contact; (c) an outer rectangular contact surrounding the insulating element, and electrically and mechanically connected to an outer conductor of one of the coaxially shielded cables and fastened to the jacket of that cable; and (d) an auxiliary contact disposed among the male contacts and electrically connecting one or more of the outer contacts to one or more of the male contacts or to an external circuit.

Abstract: A tab-form terminal (11) for mating with a receptacle of the type comprising a generally channel section body having a base (29) and opposite side walls (26) rolled over to overlie the base (29), which terminal (11) comprises a metal strip, the opposite marginal portions (12) of which have been folded towards each other to overlie and extend away from opposite edges of a base portion (13) at a small angle, preferably nine degrees, thereto, with their free ends (14) spaced apart. The marginal portions (12) form resilient flaps that are resiliently flexed towards the base portion (13) during mating by engagement with the edges of the rolled-over side walls (26) of the receptacle.

Abstract: An arrangement of sliding contacts for high current levels comprising a large number of closely spaced conductive spring contact elements formed of sheet material connected to one member and projecting obliquely towards another and for contact therewith, and wherein the projecting axis of the contact element is normal to the direction of relative motion of the members.

Abstract: A contact assembly has a contact comprising two wire loops in an overlapping relationship, with a leg of each loop being interposed between the legs of the other loop. The prong forms the shank of a terminal pin, joined at an angle to a segment of the metal strip, which forms a tab portion of the pin. The contact is joined at one end of each loop leg to the tab portion, with the closed ends of the loops extending away from the tab/shank juncture. The closed ends of the loops are thus resiliently cantilevered from the pins to form a resilient, multi-wire contact.