Tyco Electronics Corporation

The Whitaker Corporation

Amp LLC

Victor Eugene Slack

Eric Charles Laurer

Kevin John Peterson

Mitchell E Miller

Randy Gray Simmons

David Glen Parker

Jerry B Kilpatrick

Carl G Reed

Kurt Thomas Zarbock

Michael Paul Derstine

Clifford F Lincoln

Matthew Moeller

Henry L DelGuidice

David M Wiebking

Nathan John Norris

Daniel R Lewis

Kenneth Koon Keung Lai

Don Kevin Willis

Harry R Lowry

Rodney E Reich

Scott C Scholl

Frank Lincoln

An electrical switching device includes a switch housing and first and second circuit assemblies received in the switch housing. Each of the first and second circuit assemblies include a base terminal and a moveable terminal moveable between an open state and a closed state. The moveable terminal is electrically connected to the base terminal in the closed state. An actuator assembly is received in the switch housing. The actuator assembly includes a motor that has a drive coil generating a magnetic field. First and second pivots are arranged within the magnetic field of the drive coil. The first and second pivots are rotated when the drive coil is operated. First and second actuators are coupled to the first and second pivots and are slidable within the switch housing. The first and second actuators are operatively coupled to the moveable terminals of the first and second circuit assemblies, respectively. The first and second actuators move the moveable terminals between the open and closed states.

Electrical switching device

An electromagnetic relay includes a relay coil assembly, an armature, and a contact system. The contact system includes a stationary contact assembly stationary contacts and moveable contact springs adjacent to the stationary contacts. The moveable contact springs have a projecting portion. The armature is pivotably actuated in response to an electromagnetic force generated by the relay coil to move the at least one contact spring linearly between a first position and a second position. The stationary contact assembly includes an overmold portion attached to the at least one stationary contact. The overmold portion includes a dielectric material and is bonded to the at least one stationary contact to maintain a predetermined configuration of the stationary contact relative to the at least one moveable contact spring.

Electromagnetic relay

A socket connector is provided for electrically connecting an electromagnetic relay to a plurality of electrical wires that are terminated by a mating connector. The socket connector includes a dielectric housing having a relay mounting base and a wire connector. The relay mounting base includes at least one relay receptacle. The relay mounting base is configured to receive the electromagnetic relay thereon. A plurality of terminals is held by the housing. Each terminal includes a relay contact portion and a connector contact portion. The relay contact portion extends within the at least one relay receptacle for electrical connection with the electromagnetic relay. The connector contact portion extends within the wire connector for electrical connection to the mating connector.

Socket connector for a relay

A stacked jack modular jack assembly is comprised of a multi-port housing, and a plurality of modular jack subassemblies. The jack subassemblies include upper and lower jack housings sandwiching therebetween, a cross-talk shield. The terminal subassembly is substantially Z-shaped, which allows for increased space there below for signal conditioning components. The terminal module also includes a center shield and a lower shield, and an outer shield, all of which are commoned together and grounded. An outer shield substantially surrounds the entire assembly, and is commoned to the other shield members.

Signal conditioned modular jack assembly with improved shielding

An electrical connector assembly is shown which includes both full shielding and signal conditioning. The assembly includes a front housing portion in the form of a modular jack, and a rear housing portion which forms a recessed area or &ldquo;well&rdquo; for receiving the components for signal conditioning. The components are mounted on a printed circuit board, and placed in the recessed area. The housings are aligned and locked together.

Shielded modular jack assembly for ethernet applications

Modular jack assembly for ethernet applications

A stacked jack modular jack assembly is comprised of a multi-port housing including a plurality of jack subassemblies. The jack subassemblies include upper and lower jack housings sandwiching therebetween, a cross-talk shield. The terminal subassembly is substantially Z-shaped, which allows for increased space therebelow for signal conditioning components. The terminal module also includes a center shield and a lower shield, and an outer shield, all of which are commoned together and grounded.

Multi-port modular jack assembly with signal conditioning

A stack jack modular jack assembly is comprised of a multi-port housing, and a plurality of modular jack subassemblies. The jack subassemblies include upper and lower jack housing sandwiching therebetween, a cross-talk shield. The terminal subassembly is substantially Z-shaped, which allows for increased space there below for signal conditioning components. The terminal module also includes a center shield and a lower shield, and an outer shield, all of which are commoned together and grounded. An outer shield substantially surrounds the entire assembly, and is commoned to the other shield members.

A stacked jack modular jack assembly is comprised of a multi-port housing. The housing includes LEDs for each port to monitor the condition of the signals. The upper port LEDs are mounted on LED modules, which are aligned with the housing. These modules also form the housing side walls for the receipt and alignment for jack subassemblies. The jack subassembly modules are pluggable into the multi-port housing to provide for the connector interface.

Multi-port modular jack assembly with LED indicators

An electrical connector includes a housing ( ) and a contact insert ( ) that includes contacts ( ) carried by a molding ( ). A lock member ( ) cooperates with the housing to secure the contact insert in the housing and to bias the molding against a wall of the housing. In one embodiment, the lock member ( ) has a head ( ) that is interference fitted in a stall ( ) in the housing, and the lock member has a tail ( ) that is arranged to urge the molding toward the head. In another embodiment, the lock member ( ) is wedged between the molding and a portion of the housing. The lock member has a main portion, and nose portions ( ) that project from the main portion, and the nose portions engage the molding. In another embodiment, the lock member ( ) includes a protrusion of the molding that is interference fitted in an aperture ( ) in the housing.

Accurate positioning of solder tail leads in an electrical connector

A lighting device ( ) includes a pair of illuminating members ( ) arranged side-by-side. The illuminating members have separate anodes ( ), and a common cathode ( ) that is shared by the illuminating members. In one embodiment, the common cathode ( ) has the same cross-sectional shape as each of the anodes ( ). In another embodiment, the common cathode includes a pair of individual cathodes ( ) that are soldered together. The lighting device is mountable in an electrical connector housing such that the pair of illuminating members is associated with a pair of adjacent electrical receptacles in the housing.

Visual indicators having common cathode leads, and an electrical connector using same

An electrical connector includes a housing having cavities that can receive mating electrical connectors. The cavities are arranged as vertically aligned pairs. The housing holds visual indicators which are associated with the cavities. The visual indicators for each vertically aligned pair are arranged in a rectangular array with one visual indicator at each exterior corner of the vertically aligned pair. At least some of the visual indicators have leads which extend along a rear of the housing. These leads are installed in a retainer prior to installation of the visual indicators in the housing. The visual indicators and the retainer form a subassembly which can be installed on the housing as a unit.

Stacked electrical connector having visual indicator subassembly

An electrical connector includes a housing having a front face and a cavity which is open through the front face for receiving a mating electrical connector. The housing has a terminal support shelf and a wall which is spaced from the terminal support shelf to define a slot between the terminal support shelf and the wall. The slot extends in a longitudinal direction from an upstream end which is open through a rear of the housing to a downstream end which is open to the cavity. The slot has a laterally extending width. The housing carries terminals which extend longitudinally through the slot and which are arranged side-by-side along the width of the slot. The terminals are initially attached to a carrier strip. The terminals are inserted into the slot from the upstream end with the carrier strip leading the terminals through the slot and emerging from the downstream end of the slot, and the carrier strip is removed from the terminals after the terminals are installed in the housing.

Electrical connector assembled with a terminal array that is connected

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing which holds a plurality of terminals and a conductive shell which is mounted on the housing. The housing has a wall and a pocket is formed in the wall. The shell has a locking tab which is interference fitted in the pocket, thereby anchoring the shell to the housing. The shell also has a floating tab which is freely received in the pocket and is resiliently engaged with the locking tab.

Electrical connector having crimped ground shield

A dual modular jack insert subassembly 10 for use in a network outlet assembly 2 or in a patch panel including a mounting insert 16 to which modular jacks 12 with conventional panel stops 14 are attached without the use of additional fasteners. The mounting insert 16 is a molded member with a front window 20 through which the modular jacks 12 are accessible. Latch arms 18 extend rearwardly from the mounting insert, and a snap fastener 22 located on the inside of each latch arm opposes a window jamb 26 on a side of the window. The panel stops 14 cam the snap fastener 2 outward when the modular jacks 12 are inserted from the rear. The panel stops 14 are positioned in a channel 38 between the snap fastener 22 and a front shoulder 28 when properly mounted on the mounting insert 16.

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Lewisville, NC, United States of America

Victor Eugene Slack