Glenair, Inc.

Sabritec, Inc.

Daniel M Mitchell

Mehrdad Ghara

Robert T Johnson

Guido Hunziker

Zachary Wade Taylor

G W Stewart Clark

Bryan N Samowitz

An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body, electrical connector contacts mounted in the connector body, and electrical wire contacts attached to wires of an electrical cable. Rear ends of the connector contacts (either contact pins or sockets) engage front ends of the wire contacts (either contact sockets or pins). A head of each contact pins is wider than its shaft resulting in a protruding edge. Each contact socket receives the corresponding contact pin. At least one resilient retaining member extends obliquely into and at least partly across each contact socket away from its open end and is deflected laterally as the contact pin is inserted into the contact socket. Upon full insertion the retaining member presses laterally against the shaft and a distal edge of the retaining member obstructs withdrawal of the contact pin from the contact socket by engaging the protruding edge.

Multiple-contact electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector includes conductive male and female contacts and insulating inner and outer sleeves, and connects first and second electrical wires end-to-end. The contacts can be attached to corresponding conductors of the first and second wires. The male contact includes an elongated pin; the female contact includes a receptacle. Inserting the pin into the receptacle results in mechanical engagement of, and electrical continuity between, the assembled contacts. The assembled contacts can be positioned within the compressible inner sleeve, which extends beyond the ends of the assembled contacts. The inner sleeve, with the assembled contacts therein, can be positioned within the rigid outer sleeve, which extends at least as far as the inner sleeve. Compression of the inner sleeve by the ends of the outer sleeve frictionally engages the ends of the inner sleeve with the corresponding wires.

High-power electrical feeder connector

A floating fiber optic pin contact including a ceramic ferrule defining a glass fiber channel for allowing light beams to pass therethrough. The ceramic ferrule has an end portion with a first diameter and a body portion with a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The floating fiber optic pin contact also including a multi-piece body having an inner body member in physical contact with the body portion of the ceramic ferrule and an outer body member not in physical contact with the body portion of the ceramic ferrule and spaced apart from the inner body member. The floating fiber optic pin contact also including a washer connected between the inner body member and the outer body member.

Floating fiber optic pin contact assembly having a ferrule capable of movement within a multi-piece body of the contact assembly

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Lake Forest, CA, United States of America

Daniel M Mitchell