Abstract: Connection and disconnection between an apparatus and an electric wire are made by fitting an electric wire side housing in an apparatus side housing inside a mounting hole or removing the electric wire side housing from the apparatus side housing, so that the need for time-consuming work for tightening or loosening a bolt or work for attaching a cover to a terminal block or detaching the cover from the terminal block as is conventional is eliminated and workability is good. In addition, the apparatus side housing can be fixed into the mounting hole by a stopper and a retainer, so that workability is good as compared with the case of fixing the apparatus side housing by bolt tightening.

Abstract: A device for rotating with a rotatable first member includes a second member having a portion engageable with the first member. The portion has a first part and a second part which is resiliently biased away from the first part. The second member tightly engages the first member. There may be a device for measuring rotation of the shaft such as a potentiometer. The rotation measuring device may include an electrical connector for the potentiometer including a socket and a post which is pressable into the socket. The device may also include a rotationally adjustable connector. There may be a coupling connected to the second member which includes a third member with a portion having n sides and a fourth member with a portion having n sides which receives the portion of the third member in a mating relationship, thereby allowing the device to be adjusted to a total of at least m.n rotational positions.

Abstract: A bus bar, with a desired circuit configuration contained in an electrical connection box to be mounted on an automobile, has an aluminum-based metal plate punched into a desired circuit configuration to form a flat plate-like circuit body. An L-shaped terminal piece is made from a copper-based metal plate. A horizontal portion of the L-shaped terminal piece is secured to the flat plate-like circuit body by welding a conductive adhesive, riveting, or caulking so that a vertical portion of the terminal piece projects from the circuit body to form a tab.

Abstract: An ignition lead that includes at least one terminal assembly having a replaceable terminal contact that provides a simple means of replacing worn contacts without removal and replacement of the entire ignition lead. The terminal assembly includes the replaceable contact which threads onto a contact body located within a tubular insulator. A retaining ring attaches to the contact to hold the insulator in place over the contact body. The contact can include a groove that extends around the contact to receive the retaining ring. Replacement of the contact involves removing the retaining ring from the groove in the contact, sliding the insulator off the terminal assembly, unthreading the worn contact, threading on a replacement contact, reassembling the insulator onto the assembly, and then securing the insulator in place by snapping the retaining ring back into the groove on the replacement contact.

Abstract: An electrical contact element including a base element (1) formed from a flat material with a high electrical conductivity and includes a conductor contact portion (2), a base portion (4) integrally connected to the conductor contact portion (2) and formed box-like defined by an upper wall (5) with an opening (6), a bottom wall (7) arranged opposite to the upper wall (5) and two side walls (8, 9) connecting the upper wall (5) and the bottom wall (7), and a flat terminal pin (16) integrally connected to the base portion (4) and extending away from the conductor contact portion (2) and having two vertically arranged pin portions (17a, 17b).

Abstract: An electrical connector has a conductive contact which has a main contacting portion to be connected to a conductive mating contact and a terminal portion to be connected to a connection object, and an insulator holding the contact. The contact is divided into a first contact part having the main contacting portion and a second contact part having the terminal portion. The first contact part has a spring portion to be brought into elastic contact with the second contact part. The first contact part is held by the insulator to be independently removable.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in an aperture disposed from the first surface to the second surface. To contact the electrical devices, the contact includes a center portion from which extends two diverging, cantilevered spring arms that project beyond either surface of the electrical connector. To shorten the path that current must travel through the contact, one spring arm terminates in a bellows leg that extends proximate to the second spring arm. When placed between the electrical devices, the spring arms are deflected together causing the bellows leg to press against the second spring arm. For retaining the contact within the aperture, the contact also includes retention members extending from the center portion that engage the insulative housing.

Abstract: An electrical connection is achieved via crimping a conventional terminal about a solid conductor. The terminal has first and second wings projecting laterally outward and in opposite directions from a base portion. An inner surface of the base portion is in electrical contact with the conductor side opposite the groove, and the outreaching wings are curled about the conductor and extend into the groove. An outer surface, opposite the inner surface, of the first and second wings engage each other within the groove to prevent spring-back of the wings out of the groove thereby assuring structural mechanical integrity of the electrical connection.

Abstract: A device for rotating with a rotatable first member includes a second member having a portion engageable with the first member. The portion has a first part and a second part which is resiliently biased away from the first part. The second member tightly engages the first member. There may be a device for measuring rotation of the shaft such as a potentiometer. The rotation measuring device may include an electrical connector for the potentiometer including a socket and a post which is pressable into the socket. The device may also include a rotationally adjustable connector. There may be a coupling connected to the second member which includes a third member with a portion having n sides and a fourth member with a portion having n sides which receives the portion of the third member in a mating relationship, thereby allowing the device to be adjusted to a total of at least m.n rotational positions.

Abstract: A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which can be manufactured in a cost efficient manner using automated high speed manufacturing processes and wherein different types of terminations can be affixed to the contact socket as desirable for user requirements. The contact socket comprises a tubular body of metal or other suitable conductive material and preferably having at one end a lip defining an entrance aperture for receiving a mating pin terminal and having on the opposite end a termination of an intended configuration for attachment to a circuit board or other device or item. The tubular body contains a plurality of conductive wires conductively and permanently affixed at their respective ends to respective inner surfaces at or near the outer and inner ends of the body and disposed in an angular disposition to the longitudinal axis to form the shape of a single sheet hyperboloid. No additional sleeves or tubes are necessary to secure the contact wires as in conventional hyperboloid contacts.

Abstract: Improved plug tap terminal for side insertion connector, constituted of a cable terminal structure composed of a holding base from which a connection plug and a cable guiding small channel protrude from each one of its two ends.

Abstract: A clamping structure for continuous terminals is easy for assembling and has alignment effect so that not only the cost for processing such as electroplating is reduced but the terminals during automatic assembling process is well protected and aligned. The quality of continuous terminals is improved. The invention features in that: a holding plate with a plurality of strip hole, whose cross-section is reverse U-shaped, formed by pressing is disposed on one end of a plurality of wires. The wires have two stoppers on the position corresponding to two ends of the strip hole so as to fix each wire firmly after the wire is mounted into the strip hole. A projecting point is pressed on each of two inner sides of the strip hole so as to position the wires vertically.

Abstract: A bus bar, with a desired circuit configuration contained in an electrical connection box to be mounted on an automobile, has an aluminum-based metal plate punched into a desired circuit configuration to form a flat plate-like circuit body. An L-shaped terminal piece is made from a copper-based metal plate. A horizontal portion of the L-shaped terminal piece is secured to the flat plate-like circuit body by welding a conductive adhesive, riveting, or caulking so that a vertical portion of the terminal piece projects from the circuit body to form a tab.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a base (4) defining a surface (42) and a number of passageways (41), and a number of contacts (1). Each contact comprises an engaging portion (11) for engaging in the passageway, a medial portion (13) extending upwardly from an end of the engaging portion, a solder portion (12) extending perpendicularly from an opposite end of the engaging portion, an inclined portion (14) extending aslant from the medial portion, and a cantilever (15) extending from the inclined portion. The inclined portion and the medial portion form therebetween a connecting portion having a first line. The first line forms an angle relative to the surface of the base. The inclined portion and the cantilever form a connecting portion therebetween having a second line, the second line forming an angle relative to the surface of the base. A contact portion (17) is defined on an upper end of the cantilever.

Abstract: A line connector, such as a socket outlet or plug, includes at least one contact member such as a receptacle or pin and at least one connecting terminal which is electrically connected to the contact member and to which an electrical conductor can be connected. The connecting terminal has a tail which can be forcibly fitted into a tubular member for connecting a connecting terminal electrically to the contact member. Applications include demountable plugs and sockets.

Abstract: A connector comprises a housing of insulating material and a number of right-angled contact elements arranged in rows and columns. The contact elements are provided with a contact end, an intermediate elbow part and a termination for connection to a printed circuit board. The housing includes a first housing section accommodating the contact ends of the contact elements, and a second housing section accommodating the elbow parts. The second housing section comprises upper and lower walls, and support walls extending mainly parallel to the upper and lower walls between adjacent rows of contact elements for supporting the intermediate elbow parts of the rows of contact elements. The second housing section is provided with at least one intermediate wall extending transverse to the support walls between the elbow parts of two adjacent columns of contact elements.

Abstract: A mechanism and a method for generating a corona discharge by a wire-shaped corona discharge electrode provides that the corona discharge electrode is stretched between two end blocks that respectively contain a space for the acceptance of a respective electrode holder insert. The electrode holder insert has a rotational-symmetrical electrode receptacle element with an axially parallel electrode receptacle channel in the generated surface as well as a further electrode receptacle channel in an end face, the further channel adjoining the axially parallel channel and residing perpendicularly thereon, and also has an annular cap element that, proceeding from the end face containing the further electrode receptacle channel, can be pressed onto the electrode receptacle element with the corona discharge electrode guided in the electrode receptacle channels.

Abstract: A sidemarker light which has a light housing, an EL slice and a fastening mechanism. The light housing has a bottom plate with at least two through holes and a top cover attached to the bottom plate. The EL slice has a lighting portion and two conductive terminals. The fastening mechanism has a pair of terminal receivers and a pair of plugs. Each terminal receiver has a terminal-buckling portion and a plug-buckling portion. The terminal-buckling portions buckle the two conductive terminals. The plug has a coupling portion that is buckled by the plug-buckling portion and a through portion that passes through the through holes on the bottom plate.

Abstract: A connector comprises a housing of insulating material and a number of right-angled contact elements arranged in rows and columns. The contact elements are provided with a contact end, an intermediate elbow part and a termination for connection to a printed circuit board. The housing includes a first housing section accommodating the contact ends of the contact elements, and a second housing section accommodating the elbow parts. The second housing section comprises upper and lower walls, and support walls extending mainly parallel to the upper and lower walls between adjacent rows of contact elements for supporting the intermediate elbow parts of the rows of contact elements. The second housing section is provided with at least one intermediate wall extending transverse to the support walls between the elbow parts of two adjacent columns of contact elements.

Abstract: A two-piece male pin terminal connector for mechanically and electrically connecting an insulated electrical cable having a conductor core to a terminal cavity is provided. The connector includes an electrically conductive contact member having an elongated cylindrically shaped pin formed along a forward portion of the contact member and a flattened portion formed at a rearward portion of the contact member. The flattened portion has a slightly arcuate shape for establishing electrical contact between the contact member and the conductor core in the insulated electrical cable. The flattened portion further includes a plurality of transversely extending grooves on an upper surface thereof and a plurality of transversely extending ribs on a lower surface thereof. The pin further includes a first clamping portion adjacent the flattened portion which includes at least one annular groove. The connector further includes an electrically conductive crimp saddle attachment member formed from a sheet metal blank.

Abstract: A plug connector (15) has several contact elements (11) which are provided inside a housing (21). Each contact element having a first connecting end (18) and a second connecting end (19) for connection to bores (17) of a printed circuit board (14). The second connecting end is slit to have radial resiliency. A travel limitation element (23) is provided on the housing. The second connecting element is preferably arranged at right angle with respect to the first connecting element via an adapter element (20).

Abstract: A mother board connector of public telephone is disclosed. The mother board connector includes a first socket base and a second socket base. The first socket base includes a plurality of first socket holes and a plurality of second socket holes on the two opposite ends of the first socket base, respectively, each first socket hole aligned with a respective second socket hole which has a smaller inner radius. A first conducting tube with an outer radius greater than the inner radius of the first socket hole is sleeved into the second socket hole and protrudes out of one end of the second socket hole. The front end of the second socket base includes a plurality of concave holes with respect to the first socket holes. The bottom of the concave hole has a conducting rod connected with a conducting wire to extend the conducting wire out of the second socket base. The concave hole is sleeved with a second conducting tube with an inner radius smaller than the outer radius of the conducting rod.

Abstract: An interchangeable electrical connector includes a connector body and an adapter body. The connector body includes electrical contact means, such as a banana plug tip, for engaging an electrical terminal. The connector body includes a conical portion and a threaded portion which is coaxial with the conical portion. The adapter body includes a conical portion which is shaped for co-operative engagement with the conical portion of the connector body, and a threaded portion which is coaxial to the conical portion of the adapter body. The threaded portion of the adapter body is for cooperative engagement with the threaded portion of the connector body, such that cooperative rotation of the connector body relative to the adapter body draws the conical portion of the connector body into engagement with the conical portion of the adapter body. The wedging action of the two conical portions frictionally engages the connector body to the adapter body.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for interconnecting a pair of generally parallel flat circuits and includes a dielectric housing adapted for mounting on a first flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced therealong. Each terminal includes a base anchored in the housing. A tail extends from one end of the base for connection to an appropriate conductor on the first flat circuit. A cantilevered beam extends from an opposite end of the base and terminates in a U-shaped joint. A contact arm extends from the U-shaped joint back over the cantilevered beam and terminates in a contact portion for engaging an appropriate conductor on a second flat circuit. The cantilevered beam includes a first bowed portion projecting toward the first flat circuit and a second bowed portion projecting toward the second flat circuit.

Abstract: Interface modules (200,300) have identical first mating interfaces (204,304) to mate with the same cable tap connector (10). Contact arrays for either of the two different interface modules (200,300) are defined by use of the same first members (232) having first contact sections (224,322) and transverse body sections (228,324), being joined to one of two groups (226) or (336) of socket members by crimping pin embossments (242) or (338) at either closely spaced holes (248) or less closely spaced holes (250), to define a closely spaced array (254) or a less closely spaced array (258) along second mating interfaces (206,306) to correspond with smaller round cable connector (208) or larger round cable connector (308). Thereby a cable tap connector (10) providing connection to a flat cable (12) may be modified by selection of different interface modules (200) or (300) for use with different types of mating connectors (208) or (308) The contacts of each array may also be of different sizes.

Abstract: Disclosed are male and female electrical contacts for transferring high electrical power between a master assembly and a tool assembly of a robotic tool changer. The male and female contacts have corresponding outwardly-projecting and inwardly recessed conical or frusto-conical contact surfaces which tend to cause contaminants to slide off the surface of the contacts. The contacts may instead have corresponding outwardly-projecting and inwardly recessed contact surfaces having spherical, frusto-spherical, ellipsoid, frusto-ellipsoid, ovoid, or frusto-ovoid shapes. Each of the contacts includes a contact base for attaching the contact to one of the assemblies of the robotic tool changer and a contact tip removably attached to the contact base, thereby allowing the contact tip to be replaced without detaching the contact base from the robotic tool changer. The contact tip of either or both of the electrical contacts is mounted in such a way as to have compliance in at least one direction.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle (32) mounted to an aircraft (10) includes a pin contact assembly (34) having a pin body (62) releasably threaded within a threaded insert (38). A collet (70) enhances mechanical securement and electrical contact between the insert (38) and pin body (62). The outer end of the pin body (62) is configured (76) to receive a wrench for assembly disassembly of the parts.

Abstract: An electrical cable coupling assembly includes six equally angularly spaced axially extending tubular insulators which have a central internal annular ridge against which a thimble and a socket are collectively secured by the operation of a bolt. A phase barrier, which is a structural member, is engaged at opposed ends by respective plates. The plates are forced toward each other and into clamping engagement with insulators by the action of bolts which are threadedly engaged within complementary bores in the phase barrier.

Abstract: A pin/socket contact is made from two contact parts, namely, a pin/socket member and a tail/coupling member. The pin/socket member has a blind bore therein for receiving a stub portion on the tail/coupling member. Burrs on the stub portion hold the tail/coupling and pin/socket members together. The pin/socket member can be standardized and inventoried in large quantities to be assembled to a variety of tail/coupling members in which the tail portion is in the form of a PC tail, wire wrap adaptor or a compliant adapter.

Abstract: A cable television (CATV) housing having a screwless seizure mechanism for receiving the center conductor of a coaxial cable is disclosed. The mechanism is mounted on a printed circuit board adjacent an entry port of the CATV housing. One end of the seizure mechanism includes a female terminal for receiving the center conductor of a cooperating CATV coaxial cable when the cable is installed on the entry port. An entry guide is provided which insulates the female terminal as well as directs the center conductor of the CATV cable into the female terminal. A second end of the seizure mechanism is securely mounted to, and in electrical communication with, the printed circuit board. A CATV coaxial cable installed onto the entry port of the CATV housing is placed in electrical communication with internal electronics of the housing while still maintaining signal and power integrity without the need to disassemble the housing to secure the center conductor to the circuit board by a seizure screw.

Abstract: A detachable coupling member (30) at the cable entry end (16) of an electrical connector (10) provides easily removable attachment of the individual wires (54) of a cable assembly to the electrical connector (40). The detachable coupling member (30) permits the conventional solder connection of a wire (54) to an electrically conductive element (32) of the connector (10) to be made at a position spaced from portions (12) of the connector assembly (10) that may be damaged by heat generated in the course of making the solder connection, and provides selective attachment or separation of the wire (54) and connector (10). In use, the wires (54) are joined to the coupling members (30) which are to be plugged into sockets (27) at the rear of contacts (22) and held in place by use of threaded sleeves (42) to permit easy removal of faulty or incorrectly attached wires.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to an improvement of a hybrid connector, and a right angle female member and male members therefor. A male member (11) comprises a projection pin (11a) formed to at one end and having a driver slot formed therein, and a flange (11b) and a screw hole (11c) formed at the other end, the flange having teeth It formed thereon. Also, the other male member (12) comprises a screw portion (12a) provided at one end lie and threadedly engaged with a screw hole (11c) of the male member (11), a projection pin (12b) provided at the other end and having a driver slot formed therein, and a flange (12c) provided between the screw portion (12a) and the projection pin (12b). A right angle female member (13) comprises a body portion, (13a) having six legs (13a.sub.1), a rectangular rod shaped body (13a.sub.2), and a plug portion receiving hole (13a.sub.3) formed through the body portion, and a cylindrical hollow plug portion (13b) having a first end (13b.sub.

Abstract: A busbar assembly for electrical connectors is characterized by a busbar element having a planar surface containing an opening and a connecting pin inseparably connected with said busbar element by inserting one end of the pin into the opening in a snug-fit manner with the pin extending perpendicular to the planar surface. The opening is preferably located in the middle of the planar surface, thereby eliminating the need for punch-outs on the busbar element. The element further has large support surfaces on opposite sides of the opening which distribute and absorb the forces generated during insertion of the pin into a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A conductive pin (22) is planted on the inside of the rear end wall (40) of a jack body (21) in alignment with the center axis of its plug insertion hole (27), and three movable contacts (23, 24, 25) formed in one piece of a leaf spring material are disposed around the conductive pin (22) in the body (21). The movable contacts resiliently engage the peripheral surface (73) of a power plug (72) inserted into the plug insertion hole (27), implementing a three-point contact therebetween.

Abstract: A multipole electrical plug connector having contact elements narrowly spaced from one another, and the plug connector having small dimensions in a manner favorable in terms of production engineering. To this end, the plug connector has contact elements, each having an attachment section and a contact section, whose attachment sections are manufactured from a one-piece self-supporting punched grid. The thickness d of the punched grid is independent of the thickness a of the contact sections, which are produced separately from the attachment sections and are assembled with them to form the contact elements, which upon integration into a housing of an electrical device are partially equipped with a sheathing made of plastic. The plug connector is preferably used in automotive engineering, for example, in electrical control units with highly integrated circuits.

Abstract: A two piece male contact, such as a harness contact for use in a harness connector. The two piece male contact includes an elongated contact pin which is connectable to a mating female contact, and a terminal, one end of which is electrically and mechanically attached to the contact pin and the other end of which is connectable to a conductor.

Abstract: A multipole electrical plug connector for a releasable coupling with a counter-connector has a contact set including a plurality of contact elements each having a contact portion and a connecting portions, the connecting portions of the contact elements being formed as part of a one-piece punched grate with a thickness which is independent from a thickness of the contact portions which is joined with the connecting portions.

Abstract: A butt-type connection terminal unit comprises first and second connection terminals whose front end surfaces are contacted to each other to make an electric connection therebetween and which include safety structure to prevent a person from accidentally touching the terminal front surfaces. The first and second connection terminals are provided, front end surfaces thereof, with respective plate-like insulators (5, 6) and slits (7, 8) at positions out of phase relative to each other, the plate-like insulators adapted for entrance into the corresponding slits when the front end surfaces are contacted to each other. A butt-type connection terminal unit is obtained in which the plate-like insulators serve to prevent a finger from touching the connection terminals, which realizes a stable electric connection and which is suited for downsizing connectors. A coaxial connector is also provided which employs the above connection terminal unit.

Abstract: A right-angle coaxial electrical connector (22) mountable to a circuit board includes a housing (24) having a plurality of contact-receiving passageways (32) and at least two coaxial contacts (36, 38) disposed in the same column defining a stacked configuration. Each coaxial contact (36, 38) includes an inner terminal and an outer conductor, the inner terminal including a right angle body portion (46) extending outwardly of the housing (24) and concluding in a first connecting portion (44) adapted for mounting to the circuit board. A metal shell (64) having two interlocking halves joinable at opposed assembly faces is disposed over the outwardly extending body portion (46) of the inner terminal thereof and engageable with the outer conductor for connection to ground. In one embodiment, the inner terminal is comprised of two terminal subassemblies (40, 52). As an alternative, the connector housing (222) could be used with an intermixture of board mountable contacts (36, 38) and cable terminated contacts (235).

Abstract: An electrical contact has a metal housing with a threaded bore opening at one end into a circular well. A plated contact pad has a threaded stem screwed into the bore and a circular pad member recessed in the well. The pad member has several cut-outs around its edge, which are engageable by projections on a cooperating tool by which the contact can be inserted and removed from the housing. Contact to the housing is made by a conductor secured to the housing by means of a bolt inserted in the rear end of the bore.

Abstract: An electrical connector is set forth which is suitable for connection to a conductor which includes a connector member suitable for attachment, for example by soldering or by a crimping device, to a conductor, such as a cable. The electrical connector also includes a terminal pin connectable to an electrical receptor or terminal, for example in a part of an audio system. The connector member also includes a threaded part onto which any one of several types of alternative connector units may be mounted to enable use of the same conductor and its attached connector with different types of audio system receptors or terminals. A right-angle adapter may also be used to join the electrical connector to one of the alternative connector units.

Abstract: Electrical connector components, for example, a pin terminal constructed from a solid wire pin and a formed metal body, are attached to a web carrier and fed through an inductive heating station, thereby bonding the components together. The components are pre-treated with a conductive bonding material which can be cured, flowed, or set by applying heat. The web carrier may be wound on a first spool, fed through the inductive heating station, and wound onto a second spool, for ready feed to and from successive production steps. The temperature of the heating operation may be controlled by varying the speed of the web feed and the strength of the inductive field, so as to ensure repeatable, uniform heating, at a high economical speed. In addition, the tip of the pin can be cooled during the heating operation, to prevent heat damage or contamination of the pin.

Abstract: A field terminable modular telecommunications jack assembly includes a modular jack containing a plurality of spring wire contact members mounted in cantilever position and configured to cooperate with an industry standard modular plug to minimize the length of circuit paths through the jack. Double ended insulation displacement connectors connected to fixed end portions of the spring wire contact members and projecting from the jack cooperate in plugging engagement with insulated solid wire conductors terminated by a field terminable coupling and compensating member which facilitates field termination of the jack. The solid wire conductors terminated by the coupling and compensating member are arranged within the compensating and coupling member to cancel signal coupling within the jack assembly. The double ended insulation displacement connectors are axially aligned with both the solid wire conductors and spring wire contact members.

Abstract: A modular contact assembly including first and second members at opposed ends such as a wire barrel member (20) or a contact member (50,100) having either a socket contact section (62) or a pin contact section (108) at a mating end, and optionally an intermediate member (80) interposable between the first and second members. Assembly faces (30,84) of one of the members (20) and intermediate member (80) each may include a small diameter bore (28,82) thereinto, and mounting faces (54,88) of the other of the members and intermediate member each may include a cylindrical embossment (56,86) extending therefrom having a diameter slightly larger than that of the small diameter bores, enabling force fittable insertion thereinto during contact assembly. The wire barrel member (20) is usable with either a pin contact member (100) or a socket contact member (50), and the intermediate member (80) enables fabrication of an elongate socket contact assembly (10) or pin contact assembly if desired.

Abstract: A transparent electrode, luminescent layer, back electrode are formed on one side of a first insulative substrate. A second insulative substrate is adhered to the first insulative substrate by an insulative adhesive. The back electrode is divided into two sub-electrodes. A pair of electrode pads are formed on the second insulative substrate so as to be opposed to at least respective parts of the sub-electrodes, and connected to those parts of the sub-electrodes by a conductive connector.

Abstract: A fluid resistant electrical connector for a multiconductor electrical cable. The connector comprises a cylindrical shell assembly 20 with a cylindrical insert 34 therein. The cylindrical insert has a plurality of passageways 44 therethrough for receiving a contact receptacle 48 in each respective passageway. A boot seal 100 engages each conductor leading to a respective contact receptacle. Each boot seal has a first portion 102 and a second portion 104 with a coaxial bore therethrough. The coaxial bore has a plurality of internal circumferential ribs 108 therein. The first portion of the boot seal has a plurality of external circumferential ribs 114. A compression plate 122 has a plurality of bores 124 therethrough for receiving and engaging the boot seals. A compression gland 130, engagable with the rear portion of the shell assembly, is adapted to apply axial force to the compression plate which compresses the boot seals.

Abstract: A two piece male terminal having a contact member and an attachment member. The contact member has a round solid pin at its forward end portion, an integral collar defining a radially extending abutment at its midportion and a round clamping portion behind the collar and a flattened rearward end portion. The attachment member has an attachment portion at its forward end portion that is tightly clamped around the clamping portion of the contact member and a cable attachment means at the rearward end portion which receives the flattened rearward end portion of the contact member so that the flattened end portion engages the cable at its core when the two piece terminal is attached to the cable. In addition, the clamping portion of the contact member is swedged to define a post extending radially outwardly of the outer surface of the clamping portion and the attachment member has a slot which receives the post when it is rolled onto the clamping portion.

Abstract: An electrically insulating body having rows of electrical contact receiving apertures is shown in which solder tail electrical contacts, such as screw machine contacts, either of the pin or receptacle type, are removably received in the apertures. The electrical contacts are free to move in their seats within preselected limits to lower connector mating forces.

Abstract: Electric cables are passed through a hole in a transmission housing that is filled with transmission fluid by means of a sealed electrical connector system that comprises a sealed "pass through" electrical connector that is mounted in the hole of the transmission housing and an external mating connector. The pass through connector includes an insert that cooperates with solid metal pins of specially designed two-piece male terminals to seal the mating end of the pass through connector. The insert also serves as a secondary lock to insure that the male terminals are retained in the terminal cavities. The external mating connector also has an insert that has the same secondary lock feature to retain female terminals in its terminal cavities.

Abstract: An electrical cable and connector assembly for electrically coupling equipment to a power source, and having an electrical cable with a plurality of power conductors and a pilot conductor releasably coupled to an electrical contact in an electrical connector, so that the pilot conductor releases from the electrical contact of the connector when a mechanical stress or force is applied to the cable. The pilot conductor releases from the contact of the connector prior to damage occurring to the remaining conductors from the stress or force applied to the cable. The power conductors are spirally wrapped about the centrally located pilot conductor so that the power conductors can stretch while the pilot conductor is pulled from its electrical contact upon application of the force or stress on the cable.