Molex Corporation

Robert W DeRoss

Joseph D Comerci

Mark M Data

Steven B Bogiel

David M Skowronski

Ronald Dudek

Dennis Stanhibel

Michael J O'Connell

Burke J Crane

Steven F Wright

Edward S Sommer

Frederick J Gierut

Hasmukh Shah

John J MacNeil

Robert E Erklin, Sr

Joseph J Gierut

George E Baggett, Jr

John G Cameron

Robert M Fuerst

Robert L Quinn

Peter Ingwersen

Timothy R McClelland

Garth S Jones

Robert A Klemmer

Edward L Nichols, Iii

Richard L Pierce

Todd A Hester

Jack D Raymer, Ii

Arnold A Case

Kevin L Nelson

Daniel Nigg

Robert A Suthard

Ellen Buell Throdahl

Richard A Young

Mark T Smith

John E Templeton, Jr

James K Hollomon, Jr

Preston B Johnson

Ed Bunnell

John Hackney

John Grosjean

Bruce Boyer

A strain relief electrical cable connector for facilitating ready connection and disconnection of non-metallic, sheath cables and capable of withstanding a 60 pound pull force for 5 minutes without the assistance of terminals or additional hardware. The connector includes a pair of identical, interlocking connector portions, each having a cover and pivotally connected housing. Each cover including a pair of integrally formed, spaced apart projections having inwardly directed, angularly disposed strain relief fingers and further including inwardly directed, angularly disposed wire support standoffs which are provided with a serrated cam exterior portion. The covers also provide wire guide means and a guide post intermediate the guide means and the serrated cam portion. Each housing is provided with terminal retention channels and terminals received therein for connection at one end with the cable wiring and at the other end with associated terminals of the interlocking connector portion. The cover and housing are provided with locking latches and associated ribs for securely locking the cover to the housing once the wiring in properly positioned.

Strain relief electrical cable connector

An apparatus is provided for crimping a crimpable connector onto at least one electrical conductor. The apparatus includes a pair of crimping arms defining a staging area behind a crimping area. The staging area allows a first connector to be fed thereto and moved to the crimping area to be crimped thereat. A second connector is fed to the staging area, and an ejector moves the second connector into engagement with the first connector to eject the first connector from the crimping area while the second connector moves into the crimping area.

Crimping apparatus for electrical connectors

A tap connector is provided for interconnection to an electrical cable having a plurality of conductor wires. A base defines a longitudinal axis along which the electrical cable is disposed. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the base and are spaced laterally of the axis for terminating the conductor wires. A cover is pivotally mounted on the base and includes a spreader structure for engaging and spreading the conductor wires automatically in response to mounting the cover on the base.

Electrical tap connector with spreader means

A shielded electrical connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having at least one terminal-receiving passage. An opening is provided in an outside wall of the housing communicating with the passage. A terminal is inserted into the passage, with an engaging portion of the terminal aligned with the opening. A conductive shell is disposed about at least a portion of the housing. The shell includes a finger portion extending through the opening in the housing into engagement with the engaging portion of the terminal.

Shielded electrical connector assembly with grounding system

A crimp terminal is adapted for terminating a magnet wire. The terminal includes a wire-receiving barrel defining a longitudinal axis. At least one serration extends axially of the barrel and defines an interior longitudinal edge for piercing the wire coating and engaging the conductor upon crimping the barrel onto the wire. Preferably, a plurality of the axially extending serrations define a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinal edges around the interior surface of the barrel. A plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced serrations may be disposed between at least some of the axially extending serrations.

Terminal for connecting electrical wires

A mounting apparatus is disclosed for mounting an electrical power distribution device to a wall support member inside a wall panel to protect an electrical cable running into the apparatus. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket portion for mounting the power distribution device, the bracket portion being securable to the wall support member to project therefrom. A shield portion of the apparatus extends beyond the bracket portion in the running direction of the cable to protect the cable beyond the power distribution device outside the bounds of the bracket portion.

Mounting apparatus for an electrical power distribution device

A cable tap assembly includes a housing having a mating face (28) and an opposite terminating face (26). A plurality of terminals (32, 40) are mounted in the housing. Each terminal includes a mating portion engageable through the mating face of the housing with a complementary mating terminal, and a terminating portion generally at the terminating face of the housing. A wiring assembly, such as a printed circuit board (16), is mounted on the terminating face of the housing and includes a plurality of connectors (18-20) electrically couples thereto. The connectors are adapted to receive conductors of at least one multi-conductor electrical cable (88). A strain relief cover (22) and cap (24) assembly is mountable at the terminating face of the housing, over the wiring apparatus, and is adapted to hold and provide strain relief for the cable.

Cable tap assembly

An applicator tool is provided for applying an electrical connector having a plurality of insulation piercing terminals onto a multi-conductor flat cable. The tool includes a frame having a press ram drivable through a working stroke toward and away from an anvil for supporting the connector. A fixed connector-positioning peg projects from the anvil and is adapted for abuttingly engaging one side of the connector. A spring-loaded yieldable peg projects from the anvil and is adapted for yielding to a retracted condition to facilitate positioning the connector between the pegs.

Applicator tool for electrical connectors

An electrical switch assembly is disclosed to include a housing mounting a pair of spaced switches. A rocker actuator is rockably mounted for movement relative to the housing about a rotational axis between the spaced switches, and with wing portions of the actuator on opposite sides of the rotational axis provided for alternatingly actuating the pair of switches. The rocker actuator is a one-piece component and includes a relatively stiff rocker arm rockable about the rotational axis, a connecting flange projecting outwardly from the periphery of the rocker arm, and an integral flexible intermediate wall joining the rocker arm and the connecting flange. The flexible intermediate wall supports the rocker arm in a neutral position. However, the rocker arm flexes the intermediate wall when the rocker arm is rotated about the axis in either opposite direction from the neutral position to alternate actuating positions. The flexible intermediate wall is of a material to return the rocker arm automatically to the neutral position when pressure on the rocker arm is released.

Rocker switch with improved rocker actuator

A convenience outlet assembly is adapted for interconnecting electrical components to wires in a flat cable extending behind a wall in a structure. A mounting bracket is secured to a structural support behind the wall and has a peripheral frame about a mounting opening. A cable tap subassembly is attachable to the cable. A mounting box, separate from the mounting bracket, has an open front face and a peripheral flange attachable to the peripheral frame of the mounting bracket. The peripheral flange is located on the exterior of the wall and the peripheral frame is located on the interior of the wall. The mounting box is insertable through an opening in the wall and the mounting opening in the bracket. The cable tap subassembly is mountable in a position at the rear of the box. A receptacle is defined by a pair of opposing channels between which the cable tap subassembly is positionable at the rear of the box, whereby the cable tap subassembly is mounted to the box without the use of any extraneous mounting apparatus or processes.

Convenience outlet assembly for electrical wiring

A plug detection electrical receptacle includes a dielectric housing having at least one passage with an open mating end for receiving a male terminal of a complementary mating electrical plug and an opposite end communicating with a switch on a substrate. A female terminal is disposed in the passage for engagement by the male terminal. A detect switch is located in proximity to the passage for actuation by the male terminal when the male terminal is inserted into the passage in engagement with the female terminal. The detect switch includes an actuator at the opposite end of the passage, the actuator including a male terminal engaging portion and a switch engaging portion. A first flexible skirt extends from the actuator about the periphery thereof into sealing engagement with the substrate about the switch thereon. The flexible skirt supports the actuator with the switch engaging portion out of engagement with the switch on the substrate. The skirt flexes in response to engagement of the actuator by the male terminal to move the switch engaging portion into engagement with the switch. A second flexible skirt depends from the actuator and mounts the switch engaging portion thereon. The second flexible skirt flexes to allow for overtravel of the actuator after the switch engaging portion has engaged the switch on the substrate.

Plug detection electrical receptacle

Cover plate for an electrical outlet box

A protective covering system is disclosed for use with an electrical receptacle having a front face with openings to receive prongs of an electrical plug. The system includes a protective cover having an adhesive backing for adhering to the front face of the receptacle and apertures for alignment with the openings. Locating projections protrude from the receptacle and locating holes are provided in the cover for registering with the locating projections on the receptacle to properly locate the cover thereon. Preferably, the adhesive backing is an adhesive strip substantially about the periphery of the back side of the cover, and the recessed area in the front face of the receptacle has a depth at least equal to the thickness of the cover.

Protective cover system for electrical receptacles

Receptacle cover plate

An electrical connector assembly includes a pair of spaced receptacle modules mounted to a first printed circuit board which is electrically coupled to a second printed circuit board spaced from and generally parallel to the first printed circuit board. A conductive ground plate is electrically coupled between the printed circuit boards and mechanically supports the circuit boards in their spaced generally parallel relationship. The ground plate is disposed perpendicular to the first and second printed circuit boards forming two separate compartments between the first and second printed circuit boards to provide electromagnetic interference isolation between the compartments. An electrical component such as transformer may be mounted on one side of the ground plate between the spaced generally parallel printed circuit boards, and the ground plate provides a heat sink for the transformer. A third printed circuit board may be mounted on the side of the ground plate opposite the transformer and electrically coupled to the transformer through the ground plate.

Electrical connector assembly with printed circuit board layout

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Naperville, IL, United States of America

Robert W DeRoss