Abstract: A connector assembly is provided for facilitating live connection of equipment in a switchgear. The assembly includes two circular plates, and conductive fingers which are arranged and spaced apart around the two plates to form a finger cluster with first open-end on a first cluster end and second open-end on an opposite second cluster end. Each open-end can receive a conductor therein. Each finger can include a first finger end and an opposite second finger end which form respective first and second cluster ends; two first interior grooves which are spaced-apart on an interior surface to receive a portion of respective plates; and first and second exterior grooves on an exterior surface around the first and second finger ends respectively. The assembly also includes first and second garter springs which are arranged around the fingers in respective first and second exterior grooves to apply a force against the fingers.

Abstract: A connector assembly having a pin and a housing. The pin having an insulator layer or material separating two adjacent electrical contacts. The electrical contacts can each include a contact band and a tab extending from the contact band. An electrical contact can be established with a spring contact and the contact band can at least partially surrounds the insulator around the lengthwise axis of the pin. Two electrical contacts can be positioned in an axial or longitudinal offset configuration.

Abstract: A contactor assembly is connected to a bus-bar of a main circuit-breaker. The assembly includes a housing including an opening defined therein; a contactor passing through the opening, wherein the contractor includes contacting portions projecting forwardly of the opening and coupled portions projecting rearwardly of the opening; a presser passing through the opening, wherein the presser is interposed between the contactor and the housing, wherein the presser is supported on the housing and presses the contacting portions and the coupled portions; and a connector coupled to the coupled portions of the contactor and electrically connected to the contactor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a socket for a semiconductor package, where the socket has a frame with a segmented design, where socket streets are located between the segments. One or more of the streets may include a conduit to enable thermal transfer during operation of the semiconductor package. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A socket is configured to receive a trackball device in a receiving space formed therein. The socket has an exterior configured to fit within an installation recess in a printed circuit board. A biased electrical interconnector extends from an interior surface of the receiving space into the receiving space, the electrical interconnector oriented within the receiving space at a position that establishes biased electrical contact with a target electrical contact of the trackball device and biased electrical contact with a corresponding electrical contact on the printed circuit board when the socket is installed in an installation recess.

Abstract: An electrically conductive fork includes first and second arm members each having an electrical contact and a pivot portion, the pivot portion configured to receive a portion of a rod, where the first and second arm members are configured to pivot around the rod, and a connector mechanically connecting the first and second arm members in fixed relation to each other prior to insertion of a busbar between the electrical contacts, where the connector is configured to yield to a force imparted on the connector and allow the first and second arm members to pivot around the rod in response to insertion of the busbar between the electrical contacts, and the insertion of the bus bar causes the electrical contacts to separate and pivot the first and second arm members around the rod and impart the force on the connector.

Abstract: An electrically conductive fork includes first and second arm members each having an electrical contact and a pivot portion, the pivot portion configured to receive a portion of a rod, where the first and second arm members are configured to pivot around the rod, and a connector mechanically connecting the first and second arm members in fixed relation to each other prior to insertion of a busbar between the electrical contacts, where the connector is configured to yield to a force imparted on the connector and allow the first and second arm members to pivot around the rod in response to insertion of the busbar between the electrical contacts, and the insertion of the bus bar causes the electrical contacts to separate and pivot the first and second arm members around the rod and impart the force on the connector.

Abstract: A coaxial connector system is disclosed. The connector system includes a compliance member having an inner conductive portion and an outer portion, the inner conductive portion arranged and disposed for engaging and physically retaining an outer conductor of a coaxial cable. The connector system also includes a conductive actuating clamp having jaws arranged and disposed for engaging and physically retaining an inner conductor of the coaxial cable. The jaws are moveable from an open, pre-engaged configuration to a closed, engaged configuration upon insertion of the inner conductor into the actuating clamp. The connector system can be used to provide a secure connection of a coaxial cable, such as a coaxial energy cable, to a distribution box and thereby deter or prevent energy theft.

Abstract: The female connectors are made up of a power part (9), (15) (23), (34), (37), and a male electrode receiver (10), (16), (24), (38), (41) (46). The male electrode receiver is made up of a short right-angled part (11) (18) (26) (48); a first flat section (12) (17) (25), an arced section (13) (19) (27) (47) and a second flat section (14) (21) (29). The arced section can have the flat portion (20) and the second flat section can have a right-angled extension (30). The power part can be a bus bar (49) or a male electrode as indicated by a dashed line (51).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical fixing terminal for an electrical switchgear apparatus being disconnected by an axial withdrawal motion. In particular, an extractable circuit breaker, comprising a protruding part extending parallel to an axis of withdrawal and, defined by its external surface on the side where its free end is located a contact surface designed to cooperate with fixing jaws of a plug-in contact whose plug-in jaws are designed to cooperate by plug-in with an electrical plug-in terminal. The contact surface follows the outline of a cylinder sector of axis perpendicular to the axis of the protruding part, of opening angle greater than 180.degree. and is designed to form a pivot for rotation of the plug-in contact around the axis of the cylinder. An application is plug-in multipole circuit breakers.

Abstract: A terminal connection device comprising: a first terminal; a terminal contact member composed of a plurality of contact pieces, each contact piece having a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the plurality of contact pieces being arranged on an outer circumference of the first terminal so that the first contact surface and the first terminal can be contacted with each other; a guide plate located between the first contact surface and the second contact surface, recesses being formed on the guide plate at regular intervals in the outer circumferential direction; and a pushing means for pushing the terminal contact member from the outside of the terminal contact member, in that contact pieces are arranged in the recesses formed on the guide plate, the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected with each other when the second terminal is inserted into the terminal contact member so that the second contact surface and the second terminal can be contacted with each other, and

Abstract: A circuit breaker with detachable electric contact, constituted by plates (2,3) which are blanked or cut so as to form adjacent contact laminae (14) which define a seat (6;) for the insertion of a fixed current conducting bar (11) and a movable seat (5) for accommodating a detachable current distribution bar (10); spring elements (9) being also associated with the contact laminae (14) in order to elastically preload the laminae.

Abstract: A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the outer periphery of the guide plate whereby the shield is securely supported by fitting the supporting arm into an annular groove or an engaging hole formed in the inner wall of the shield, also a half of the shield is integrally formed with the guide plate and coupled with the remaining half of the shield whereby the shield is fixedly supported as the guide plate is fixed to the conductive unit.

Abstract: A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the outer periphery of the guide plate whereby the shield is securely supported by fitting the supporting arm into an annular groove or an engaging hole formed in the inner wall of the shield. Also a half of the shield is integrally formed with the guide plate and coupled with the remaining half of the shield whereby the shield is fixedly supported as the guide plate is fixed to the conductive unit.

Abstract: A female contact, in particular for a high tension section switch, the female contact comprising two interleaved thimbles, a metal first thimble made by extruding a block of metal and then machining it, said first thimble having metal contact fingers designed for co-operating electrically with a male contact, the other thimble including fingers of an insulating material, the insulating fingers limiting the displacement of the metal contact fingers in a radial direction and in a lateral direction to predetermined values that are less than the elastic limit of deformation of the metal contact fingers, and serving in particular to prevent contact between the metal contact fingers.

Abstract: A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the outer periphery of the guide plate whereby the shield is securely supported by fitting the supporting arm into ah annular groove or an engaging hole formed in the inner wall of the shield. Also, a half of the shield is integrally formed with the guide plate and coupled with the remaining half of the shield whereby the shield is fixedly supported as the guide plate is fixed to the conductive unit.

Abstract: An automatic cable connector includes a hammer that is moved to a cocked position by the end of an inserted cable. A hammer spring is compressed during the cocking motion. When the cocked position is reached, a frangible abutment fractures and the hammer is free to move independently of the cable. The spring drives the hammer into tapered gripping jaws with an impact that firmly grips the jaws onto the cable.

Abstract: An electrical connector for interconnecting two electrically conductive members suitable for conveying very high currents, in particular short circuit currents, the connector comprising: a first connector part provided with a socket; a second connector part suitable for being coupled mechanically to the first part, and provided with a pin suitable for being received in the socket when the two parts are coupled together, each of the two parts having at least one axially-extending annular skirt respectively around the socket and around the pin, and at least one contiguous annular recess shaped and positioned to receive the annular skirt of the other connector part when the two parts are coupled together, and at least two contact rings disposed concentrically and at least approximately in mutual radial alignment, the rings being interposed between the mutually engaged facing surfaces of the socket, the pin, and the skirts when the two connector parts are coupled together.

Abstract: A connector is made from a circular cylindrical body split into a plurality of unit arcuate conductive strip materials in the axial direction. A desired number of the arcuate conductive strip materials are arranged in an annular shape to form a cylindrical socket body defining a plug inserting hole. A plurality of annular grooves are formed along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical socket body, and a spring band is wound on each of the annular grooves so that a group of the conductive strip materials of the cylindrical socket body are bundled in such a manner as to be able to expand and contract.

Abstract: A socket is constructed in such a way that six pieces of segments which are made of electric conductive bar and having a regular hexagonal cross section are assembled by a centripetal force of a spring band to provide a regular hexagonal plug inserting hole in its center, and the six pieces of the segments make an independent operation without restricting other segments mutually and having the contact pressure and make a positive corresponding operation against the center offset and the error of the inserting angle of the plug when the plug is inserted and each segment applies the contact pressure simultaneously against the plug to maintain the complete contact with the plug.