Abstract:
An integral, one piece molded coupler includes an inner member and a pair of surrounding half sleeves joined to each other and to the inner member by an integral H-shaped hinge. The half sleeve members are elastically pivotable about the molded hinge members with respect to the inner sleeve. The molded hinge members are elastically deformable and provide a clamping force which maintains the coupling engagement of the coupler.
Abstract:
A connector for transmission cable has a lower housing and an upper housing securable thereto to be terminated to a prepared end portion of the cable. The conductors are laser welded in slots of the terminals. The contact sections of the terminals reside on respective resilient supports of the lower housing which act in cantilever fashion. A hood section of the upper housing extends over the plurality of contact sections to define a cavity. The connector structure is hermaphroditic in that one connector is matable with another identical connector having a reversed vertical orientation. The respective hoods cooperate to resist the forced cantilever action of the pairs of resilient supports urging each other apart, thus generating contact normal force. The hermaphroditic connectors latch when fully mated.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an anti-slip fixing device particularly for the purpose of fixing ribbon-type straps, cables in ribbon cable connecting assembly units. In the arrangement according to the invention, the fixing elements are realized by cylindrical pins, which form surfaces according to orthogonal trajectories on the surface of the ribbon cable, in which the friction arising against the pulling force is of quadratic magnitude compared to application of the continuous, linear fixing gate.
Abstract:
An electrical connector is adapted for terminating a number of substantially flat conductors in a flat flexible cable, e.g., by soldering. The connector includes a number of contact members, each of which has a generally U-shaped portion with a substantially flat base. The contact members are so positioned within the recesses in a housing of the connector that the substantially flat bases of the generally U-shaped channel portions extend outwardmost from the interiors of the recesses, forming an outwardly-oriented, substantially planar surface to which the substantially flat conductors may readily be interconnected. By interchanging certain existing male and female contact members and inverting them from their previous attitudes within recesses in the housings of prior art connectors, such existing male and female contact members may be employed, with little or no change in their structures, in the new connector.
Abstract:
An electrical connection system with terminals connecting multiple flex circuits for use as a power distribution system in automotive vehicles is disclosed. The system comprises a housing first and second templates (266, 244), wherein the first template includes a first cavity having a first internal housing wall and the second template includes a second cavity having a second internal housing wall (246), wherein the first and second templates are positioned so that the first and second cavities are aligned with each other, a terminal (200) extending through the first and second cavities and having a first fork-shaped portion (208) and a second fork shaped portion (203), wherein each of the first and second fork-shaped portions have open and closed ends and a free extending fork arm (206, 202), wherein the closed end of the first fork-shaped portion is affixed at the open end of the second fork-shaped portion; an external edge on each free-extending fork arm including a rounded protrusion (204), wherein the terminal comprises a singular planar piece; and first and second flex circuits (16, 14) substantially overlaying the templates, each with a part between one of the internal housing walls and one of the rounded protrusions.
Abstract:
The invention features a strip of terminals formed from a single piece of sheet stock. The terminals have a clamp portion connected through a spring section to a base so that the clamp portion is positioned above the base is pressed down and locked against the base to engage a tab of flexible sheet with a conductive surface.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a connector assembly for interconnecting flat cables and comprising two connector portions, each comprising a base and a cover. The cover includes a dome in the form of a spherical cap. Each base includes a cylindrical sealing skirt (28) and a support element (30) for electrical contacts (32). The end faces of the skirt (28a) and of the support element (30) lie in a common plane (PP'). The ends (32a) of the electrical contacts (32) are set back relative to the plane (PP').
Abstract:
A connector ensure the wired connection of a piece of equipment in series with a multiconductor cable for transmitting low currents.A support block (5) has a plate on which through and closed end grooves are formed respectively for the passage of the wires of the cable (2) and wires (3A, 3A') for connecting equipment in series. The closed end grooves be adjacent one of the through grooves, at the level of a connection piece (6) partially housed in these two grooves for interconnecting wires. Each of the through grooves (20A) is provided with a median cavity (21) which interrupts the grove locally and which receives a wire cutting device means (6C). The two connection pieces housed in the same through groove are situated on each side of the cavity (21) and each allows the connection of a second different wire (3A, 3A').
Abstract:
A connector assembly has a first connector housing and a second connector housing. The first connector housing has terminals which extend from a first end thereof to a second end. The terminals have first cable receiving slots and second cable receiving slots provided at opposed ends thereof. The second connector housing cooperates with a prepared end of a cable, to maintain the cable in alignment with the housing. In use, the first and second connector housings are mated together as the assembly is transported. This insures that the terminals and cable will be protected from the harsh environment into which they are exposed. The configuration of the second cable receiving slots insures that the first and second connectors can be mated and unmated over numerous cycles without damaging the terminals or the cable.
Abstract:
Electrical circuits can be built up in three dimensions by using spacers (20, 20') which interlock together to define stacks. Stacks can be used to clamp together chip carriers between adjacent spacers or to provide power and signal transmission stacks (120) which have a number of continuous tracks (110). Link members (126, 128) are used to provide electrical connection means between the chip carriers in the chip carrier stacks and the tracks of the power and signal transmission. stacks.