Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.

Abstract: An electromagnetic terminal shield includes a shield body formed of sheet metal having a connector opening configured to receive a corresponding mating terminal shield and a cable opening configured to receive a wire cable and a plurality of cantilevered spring arms integrally formed with the shield body having fixed ends attached to the connector opening and free ends disposed within a shield cavity defined by the shield body. Each spring arm in the plurality of cantilevered spring arms has a free end that is in contact with the inner surface of the shield body within the shield cavity. A process for manufacturing an electromagnetic terminal shield and the electromagnetic terminal shield produced by this process are also presented herein.

Abstract: A connector (10) is to be connected to an end part of a cable (90). The cable (90) is formed by covering outer peripheries of at least two twisted wires (91) by an outer coating (92). The connector includes a conductive tubular portion (32) and an outer housing (60). The wires (91) are inserted into the tubular portion (32). The tubular portion (32) includes a suppressing portion (35) having an outer surface recessed from an outer surface of the tubular portion (32) and an inner surface projecting further toward the wires (91) than an inner surface of the tubular portion (32). The outer housing (60) includes an accommodating portion (62) for accommodating the tubular portion (32). The accommodating portion (62) includes a locking portion (66) to be fit into a recessed part of the suppressing portion (35) in an intersecting direction intersecting a withdrawing direction of the tubular portion (32).

Abstract: A housing of a power module includes: an encasing for encasing semiconductor elements inside the housing; a power terminal area on the encasing, on which a power terminal plate is provided; an auxiliary terminal area on the encasing at a lower level than the power terminal area; and an interconnecting member with a power terminal connector part and an auxiliary terminal connector part interconnected by a spring part, the spring part is aligned besides the power terminal plate; the interconnecting member is inserted with the power terminal connector part through an opening in the encasing below the power terminal plate, such that the spring part engages the power terminal area besides the power terminal plate and runs to the auxiliary terminal area and the auxiliary terminal connector part is disposed on the auxiliary terminal area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact for a direct plug-in connection, with a joining portion for the joining of a cable strand, and a contact portion for producing electrical contact with a passage opening in a printed circuit board, and an introducing portion forming a free end of the contact, wherein the contact portion and the introducing portion are formed on a strip of flat sheet-metal material having two side edges, a front side and a rear side, wherein, on the front side or the rear side in the contact portion, the strip has a convex bulge for bearing against the inner side of the passage opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical terminal element comprising a base element with at least one terminal section and at least one socket section which has at least one contact arm for contacting a plug-in contact which can be introduced into the socket section. In a contact region in which contacting of the inserted plug-in contact takes place, the contact arm is divided into at least two partial contacts. Also, the electrical terminal element comprises an additional spring which surrounds the base element in the region of the socket section and which has at least one additional spring arm which at least in the contact region cooperates with the contact arm, so that the latter can be deflected against a return force of the additional spring arm.

Abstract: A connector terminal includes a connection body terminal unit and a coupling terminal unit receiving the connection body terminal unit. The coupling terminal unit having an upper coupling terminal part symmetrically arranged with a lower coupling terminal part. Each of the upper and lower coupling terminal parts includes a fixed end, a free end, and a bent portion. The free end is movable and is positioned opposite the fixed end. The fixed end includes a plurality of contact points. The bent portion is positioned between the fixed end and the movable free end, and is disposed along a front side of each of the upper and lower coupling terminal parts.

Abstract: A fitting cylinder section 11 of a female terminal main body 10 includes a first side plate 11a from which a columnar body 15 for a rivet protrudes as one in a plurality of side wall plates forming a square cylinder shape, a leaf spring 20 fixed to the fitting cylinder section 11 has a rivet insertion hole 21a into which the columnar body 15 for the rivet can be inserted, and the fitting cylinder section 11 has a structure in which the leaf spring 20 is fixed to an inner section thereof by performing the press-molding in the square cylinder shape section after rivet-retaining the leaf spring 20 to the first side plate 11a in a deployment shape and before performing the press-molding in the square cylinder shape.

Abstract: A line spring jack and an assembling method are disclosed. The line spring jack comprises a jack body, a jack cap, a line spring wire and a positioning plug. Said jack body further comprises a plug hole; said line spring wire is located in said plug hole; said jack cap is connected to one end of said jack body; said jack cap further comprises a through hole connected to said plug hole; one end of line spring wire is clipped in a space formed between said jack cap and said jack body; wherein said plug hole further comprises a groove in the bottom; the caliber of the groove is smaller than the diameter of said plug hole; said positioning plug includes a part in the groove and a part in the plug hole, the part in the groove is tightly matched to said groove.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly has a first connector including at least one female electrical contact having a longitudinal axis, a terminal, and a socket body defining a socket. The socket body has an axial opening and a radial opening. A second connector has at least one male electrical contact having a mating portion with a diameter for engagement with the female contact to produce an electrical connection between the first contact and second contact. A clip is formed separately from the female contact and includes a contact arm. The clip is mounted on the female contact so that the contact arm of the clip projects into the socket through the radial opening in the socket body. The contact arm is positioned for engaging the male contact upon reception in the socket for use in making electrical connection between the female and male contacts.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing center conductors for telecommunications connectors are disclosed herein. The center conductors can be manufactured by providing a generally flat precursor conductor, and by rolling the precursor conductor into a cylindrical configuration including a socket portion and a pin portion. After the rolling step, a contact corresponding to the socket portion can be plastically deformed so as to extend within a pin receptacle of the socket.

Abstract: A terminal fitting (T) has a base wall (13) and side walls (16L, 16R) that extend from opposite sides of the base wall (13). A resilient contact piece (15) projects up and back from a front end of the base wall (13) and between the side walls (16L, 16R). A lean-preventing plate (20) extends from the first side wall (16L) and contacts the inner surface of the second side wall (16R) at a location obliquely forward of and above the front end of the resilient contact piece (15) to prevent the side walls (16L, 16R) from leaning.

Abstract: A hyperboloid electrical socket contact has a tubular ferrule with several oblique slots extend along its length. Resilient contact wires extend along the slots so that they project inwardly into the bore through the ferrule midway along their length to form a contact region for an inserted male pin. The ends of the wires are bent into locating notches in the ferrule where they are welded.

Abstract: In an FOT connector housing which couples and retains an FOT and an optical fiber with the object of maintaining a desired distance between an FOT interface and the optical fiber, an EMI shield for the FOT comprising an FOT metal casing which maintains the interface side of the FOT in contact with a wall of the casing, the wall of the casing having a thickness designed to achieve and maintain the desired distance between the FOT interface and the optical fiber, the metal casing further including a spring member acting against the FOT cavity to maintain the FOT interface at the desired distance from the optical fiber under spring tension.

Abstract: A female metal terminal includes a terminal body having a contact portion that contacts a tab of a male metal terminal, a pressing member having a spring member that presses the tab against the contact portion, the spring member being mounted on the terminal body, and a movement limitation portion that limits the movement of the tab against the bias of said spring member. A pair of front and rear movement limitation portions may be formed on an upper wall of the terminal body in such a manner that a contact portion of the spring member is disposed between the two movement limitation portions. The tab is inserted into a space between the spring member and the contact portion, and in this condition, even when a tilting force acts on the tab in an upward or a downward direction, the movement of the tab against the bias of the spring member is prevented by the movement limitation portion(s), so that the proper condition of contact between the tab and the contact portion is maintained.

Abstract: A female electrical connector for mating with a male counterpart is provided. The female connector includes an outer structure and an inner structure. The outer structure has a first inner surface for receiving a first contact member of the male counterpart. The inner structure includes at least one resilient conducting wire mounted within the inner structure for contacting the second contact member of the male counterpart upon insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure. The at least one resilient conducting wire has opposite ends and a central portion. The opposite ends are contacting and fixed to the inner structure. The central portion is spaced from the second inner surface prior to insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure and displaced toward the second inner surface upon insertion of the second contact member of the male counterpart into the inner structure.

Abstract: An electrical terminal having a contact-making region for making contact with a complementary contact pin and having a connecting region for connection to an electrical conductor is described, the contact-making region including an inner contact-making spring and an outer, external spring, the contact-making spring merging into a connecting region and having at least two mutually opposite contact spring arms which are supported by the external spring, the terminal further including a web which runs transversely with respect to the insertion direction is cut out on two longitudinal sides at least on a side of the external spring opposite the contact spring arms, this web being bent inwards in such a manner that it presses from the outside onto the contact spring arm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a low entry force connector socket having a cage with a wire basket formed within it by contact wires which are fixed to the cage in notches on the end rims thereof, and which wires are rotationally offset within the cage to form the wire basket for engaging a connector pin. The wires are mounted in the cage by being hooked on notches provided in the end rims of the cage, and are moved to their rotationally offset orientations in a series of stages, following which they are fixed in position and the external portions of the socket are mounted to enclose the cage while a tool pin is positioned in the wire basket to establish the desired connecting force of the socket.

Abstract: In a multipin connector socket a rectangular body of an insulating material, with socket contacts housed therein in rows and columns, is received in a tubular metallic shield cover, which is, in turn, received in a square tubular case of an insulating material, defining therebetween a square groove for receiving a shell of the mating connector plug inserted thereinto from the front. The front of the socket portion of the case is covered with a metallic square tubular ground cover, and lugs set up from the shield cover are engaged with slots of the ground cover, by which the shield cover and the ground cover are electrically connected to each other. Spring pieces extending from the ground cover project into the square groove for elastically contacting the shell of the mating connector plug when the plug is inserted into the square groove.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting to the pin of a vehicular alternator. The connector includes a terminal having a mating end defining a split cylindrical sleeve. The connector also includes a spring clip having a split cylindrical sleeve that can be telescoped over the split cylindrical sleeve of the terminal to contribute to the spring forces thereof and thus contributing to the radially inward contact forces of the connector. The spring clip further includes a pin engaging portion having an aperture extending therethrough for receiving the pin of the alternator. The pin engaging portion is non-orthogonally aligned to the axes of the split cylindrical sleeves, but can be biased into an orthogonal alignment. The pin engaging portion can be urged into the orthogonal alignment to enable mating and unmating, and will resiliently return toward an unbiased condition wherein edge regions of the aperture therethrough will grippingly engage the pin of the alternator.

Abstract: An ignition terminal assembly for attachment to an ignition cable comprises an elongated terminal and a C-shaped retention clip. The elongated terminal has a forward contact cup which a wide gap at the front end which allows the ignition terminal assembly to be disconnected from a mating terminal at a substantial angle without distorting and damaging the ignition terminal assembly. The elongated terminal has an intermediate wall which is joined to the top wall of the contact cup above of the longitudinal centerline of the elongated terminal and to a closed bottom wall of a crimp barrel below the longitudinal centerline so that intermediate wall forms a stop for ignition cable which is attached to the terminal assembly by the crimp barrel.