2435results about "Contact members penetrating/cutting insulation/cable strands" patented technology

A method of coupling substrates together includes steps of providing first and second substrates. The second substrate includes a conductive bonding region positioned on its surface. Heat is provided to the conductive bonding region to reduce its number of defects. The surface of the conductive bonding region is bonded to the first substrate so that the conductive bonding region and the first substrate are coupled together.

A receptacle for a pluggable module includes a housing having a front, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and side walls and defining a cavity for receiving a module. The bottom wall has a bottom opening to receive a receptacle connector, and the front has a front opening to receive the module. The walls of the housing are made from a conductive material. A plurality of elongated members extend down from the housing past the bottom wall. The elongated members are adapted for electrical connection to a host circuit board such that the walls of the housing are electrically connected to the host circuit board.

Spinal stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided that include a spring junction wherein a structural member is mountable to a spine attachment fastener and a resilient element is affixed to the structural member along an attachment region of the resilient element. The attachment region is disposed physically separately with respect to an active region of the resilient element. The attachment region can include a weld region produced via an E-beam welding process involving temperatures of 1000° F. or greater, wherein a heat-affected zone adjacent the weld region is disposed physically separately with respect to the active region. The resilient element may be a coil spring including bend regions adjacent its outermost (i.e., last) coils wherein the material of the coil spring initially bends away from the last coil, then bends back toward the last coil before terminating near the last coil.

An active jack, which is a powered device, is installed as the network connection at a workstation which provides the capability to determine the physical location of a destination device, such as a VOIP phone, in real time. Uninterruptible power supplies may be used to provide power to network components, for example during an emergency. Power-and-data deployments are shown for powering network components and destination devices.

An illuminated sign (88) includes a flexible electrical power cord (100) including first and second parallel conductors (112, 114) surroundingly contained within an insulating sheath defining a constant separation distance between the parallel conductors (112, 114). A plurality of light emitting diode (LED) devices (102) are affixed to the cord (100). Each LED device (102) includes an LED (104) having a positive lead (130p) electrically communicating with the first parallel conductor (112) and a negative lead (130p) electrically communicating with the second parallel conductor (114). A stencil (92) defines a selected shape, and the electrical cord (100) is arranged on the stencil (92). Power conditioning electronics (210, 220) disposed away from the stencil (92) electrically communicate with the first and second parallel conductors (112, 114) of the electrical power cord (100). The power conditioning electronics (210, 220) power the LED devices (102) via the parallel conductors (112, 114).

An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the terminating pins. Furthermore a seal is associated with each of the spigots for sealing the spigot relative to the associated terminating pin. The provision of a separate spigot for each of the conductors and for sealing engagement within a respective recess in the body enables the spigots to be sealingly fitted to the conductors prior to each spigot being introduced into its recess and sealingly engaged therein. This provides improved insulation of the conductor and increased creepage distance between the mating electrical parts and the outer surface of the housing of the assembly. It also provides the additional advantage that the seal on the conductor tends to be smaller than in prior arrangements so that there is less thermal expansion of the seal when the parts get hot in a downhole environment.

A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end and a gripping ferrule fixed within the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body. The gripping ferrule includes at least one flexible finger deflected in a radially inward direction and extending in a forward direction opposite the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body for permitting forward insertion of a cable into the connector body and for gripping the cable to prevent rearward removal of the cable from the connector body.

Image sensing apparatus includes an image pickup plate disposed generally orthogonally with respect to an expected direction of movement of an object, such as a finger, multiple image drive plates in spaced relation to the image pickup plate to define sensor gaps between respective image drive plates and the image pickup plate, and a reference plate disposed substantially parallel to the image pickup plate. The reference plate is spaced from the image pickup plate to permit common mode noise and coupling to be cancelled and is spaced from the image drive plates to permit a differential image signal to develop between the image pickup plate and the reference plate. A differential amplifier coupled to the image pickup plate and the reference plate provides noise cancellation. The apparatus may further include a comb plate spaced from the reference plate and coupled to a reference potential, such as ground.

A terminal is mounted on an electric wiring board that has both a wire circuit formed by a wire and a printed circuit formed by a printed conductor. The terminal includes a connecting portion capable of electrically connecting an internal circuit of the electric wiring board to an external circuit, a lead portion capable of being electrically connected to the printed circuit of the electric wiring board, and a press-fitting portion capable of being electrically connected to the wire circuit. The electric wiring board may be mounted in an electric junction box. A load supporting member may be provided which transfer a load acting on the terminal from a connector of the external circuit to the housing. The load supporting member may include an engaging portion provided at an end surface of a wiring circuit board, and a retaining portion provided on a side wall of the housing.

A wet connect / disconnect arrangement is disclosed for a downhole system that allows installation of various tools and / or a string and subsequent electrical connection to the downhole system in a wet environment. Several embodiments are disclosed, all of which produce a clean, reliable connection. Exemplary embodiments include an upper section being mechanically and electrically joined to an intermediate section with electrical connectors for being joined at a lower section. The intermediate section further has auxiliary connectors that may be protected by a cover and remain unmated in a first connected application being therefore available for future use. The upper section may be removed leaving the intermediate section in place whereby the unmated connectors are available to rejoin a new upper section. Different types of connectors are also disclosed.

A method of shielding a flat circuit body and a wiring harness including the shielded flat circuit body, the shielded flat circuit body of the wiring harness includes a FFC having insulator covering around a conductor, a shield film covering the FFC and a connecting terminal. A clamp blade is pierced through an end of the FFC and is bent so as to connect electrically to the conductor. A joint blade extending perpendicularly from a joint terminal, which connects a plurality of conductors to each other, is pierced through the shield film and the FFC in the same direction of piercing the clamp blade, and is bent so as to connect the conductor and the shield film electrically.

A contact element and mechanism for use in a connector, the connector comprising a socket adapted for receiving a cable plug comprising a terminal contact. The contact element and mechanism comprise a flexible dielectric substrate and a first conductive strip on a first surface of the substrate. When the plug is inserted into the socket, the terminal contact comes into contact with the conductive strip.There is also provided a compensating connector for interconnection with a cable plug, the plug comprising a plurality of terminal contacts. The connector comprises a socket adapted for receiving the plug, a plurality of contact elements disposed in the socket, each of the contact elements comprising a conductive strip, and a compensation network comprised of a plurality of compensating elements. Each of the compensating elements is located adjacent to one of the contact elements. When the plug is inserted into the socket, each of the terminal contacts comes into contact with a predetermined one of the conductive strips.

A connector is provided for simultaneously improving both the NEXT high frequency performance when low crosstalk plugs are used and the NEXT low frequency performance when high crosstalk plugs are used. The connector includes PCB substrates made of materials having different dielectric frequency characteristics.

A socket with integrated insulation displacement connection terminals is provided, which includes a base, a terminal pusher, a first pressing element, and a second pressing element. The base has two rows of insulation displacement connection terminals engaged in one side thereof. The terminal pusher has two rows of receiving holes corresponding to each of the IDC terminals, for a plurality of wires bridging across one of holes respectively. The first pressing element is pivoted to the base to be rotated to press the terminal pusher through first pressing portions, such that each IDC terminal is inserted into each receiving hole and each wire is introduced in a corresponding IDC terminal. The second pressing element is pivoted to the base to be rotated to press against the first pressing element through second pressing portions, so as to fix the terminal pusher to the base.

A removable LED light module for use in a light fixture assembly includes an LED lighting element and one or more resilient members to maintain a compression force between the LED light module and the light fixture to provide effective heat transfer from the LED light module to the light fixture. The LED light module can include a plurality of electrical contact members to facilitate an electrical connection between the LED light module and the light fixture assembly.