Abstract:
A power jack includes an insulative housing having an interior cavity and a peripheral passage extending through the housing and communicating with the cavity. A first, center terminal is mounted on the housing and has a contact portion extending into the interior cavity and a mounting portion disposed outside the cavity. A second, peripheral terminal has a body portion and a mounting portion extending at an angle to the body portion. The body portion and the mounting portion are inserted through the peripheral passage into the interior cavity and spaced outwardly of the center terminal. The peripheral terminal includes a spring arm cantilevered from the body portion into the interior cavity and having a first contact portion thereon. An extension arm is cantilevered from the mounting portion into the interior cavity and has a second contact portion thereon.
Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector having a fastening device with two fastening members, each of which has at least two first rib portions, and two biasing members, and a second electrical connector having two limiting members, each of which has at least one second rib portion. When the first and second electrical connectors are interconnected, each biasing member biases a respective one of the fastening members to press one of the first rib portions of the corresponding fastening member against the second rib portion of the corresponding limiting member, thereby arresting movement of the fastening members toward and away from the limiting members.
Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly is shown having a stamped and formed shielded cage having a plurality of ports for receiving SFP modules. The cages have an opening extending through a lower face thereof for receiving a header connector having first and second extensions which are aligned with the first and second columnar ports in the cage. Thus, the SFP modules are pluggable into individual ports, whereby two modules are interconnected to a single header connector interconnected to a motherboard.
Abstract:
An IDE connector with opposite male plug and female socket includes a circuit board with a control circuit, a chip, a male plug and a female socket. The male plug is joined to one side of the circuit and the female socket is joined to another side of the circuit board so as to be disposed oppositely. The female socket is connected to the male plug of an IDE device to enhance the data transmission quality between two IDE devices and decrease using of the flexible flat cable.
Abstract:
A plurality of wound portions are formed on a wiring cable to be arranged in a two-axis hinge that connects two casings. Winding directions of the wound portions which are adjacent are set opposite to each other. In a foldable electronic device in which two casings are pivotally connected to each other through a two-axis hinge having two pivot shafts, the wiring cable is arranged in the two-axis hinge. One wound portion of the wiring cable is wound around one pivot shaft of the two-axis hinge. The other wound portion of the wiring cable is wound around the other pivot shaft of the two-axis hinge.
Abstract:
An intercoupling apparatus for server computer systems. The intercoupling apparatus can be used with bladed or rack mountable server computer systems. The intercoupling apparatus comprises a substantially rigid signal coupling element and a plurality of connectors for coupling a plurality of rack mountable server computer systems to the coupling element. The coupling element comprises coupling paths to couple a communication from a first rack mountable server computer system to a second rack mountable server computer system in a network topology. A wide variety of networking topologies can be implemented, including star and mesh topologies. The intercoupling apparatus can further comprise a networking switch function integral to the substantially rigid coupling element.
Abstract:
An electrical connection of a transfer station releasably, repeatably electrically couples with respect to a matching connection of a portable cartridge. A substrate in the portable cartridge has electrical contacts on a facing surface. In the transfer station, a matching circuitized flexible substrate has electrical contacts on a facing surface thereof, which are arranged to match the portable cartridge electrical contacts when in a face-to-face relationship. An elastomeric compression element, at the rear of the matching substrate, has individual protruding compression members contacting the rear surface and registered with corresponding individual electrical contacts. Elongated electrical contacts are registered with two adjacent individual compression members. A loader engages the portable cartridge, registering the cartridge substrate contacts in face-to-face relation with the matching flexible substrate electrical contacts, and exerting a normal force to the cartridge to compress the compression element and create non-wiping contact between the facing electrical contacts.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for preventing the accidental or premature decoupling of an electrical connection, the electrical connection having two electrical connectors which can be coupled and decoupled. The invention includes a securing apparatus configured to secure the coupling of a first electrical connector to a compatible second electrical connector. The apparatus includes a moveable securing member. The moveable securing member is configured to be moved from a first position which prevents the first and second electrical connectors from being decoupled, to a second position which allows the first and second electrical connectors to be decoupled. The apparatus further includes an actuator configured to move the securing member between the first and second positions. The actuator is responsive to an authorization command, so that a user or a controller can cause the securing member to be moved. The securing apparatus can be further provided with a securing member sensor. The securing member sensor is configured to detect when the securing member is in the first or the second position, and to generate a position signal in response thereto. The position signal can be used by an operator or a controller to determine whether or not the electrical connectors can be physically decoupled.
Abstract:
A modifiable connector keying system (16). The keying system (16) includes a first shaped feature (30, 32) that is removably connected to a first connector component. A second shaped feature (36, 38) is removably connected to a second connector component. The first shaped feature (30, 32) and the second shaped feature (36, 38) are shaped so that the first shaped feature (30, 32) fits with the second shaped feature (36, 38) to selectively allow the first connector component to connect with the second connector component. In a more specific embodiment, the keying system (16) further includes a first mechanism (34, 40, 44) for removably connecting the first shaped feature (30, 32) to the first connector component and the second shaped feature (36, 38) to the second connector component. A second mechanism (30, 34, 44) enables selective adjustment of the first shaped feature (30, 32) and the second shaped feature (36, 38) to customize the keying system (16).
Abstract:
A bending token for providing conditional access to data stored therein is disclosed. The token comprises a first member, for insertion into a USB-compliant host computer female connector along a first longitudinal axis, USB-compliant host computer female connector having a plurality of host conductive surfaces; a second member, disposed along a second longitudinal axis, the second member having a processor providing conditional access to data stored in a memory; a flexible conductor, electrically coupling the processor and the plurality of host conductive surfaces when the first member is inserted into the USB-compliant host computer female connector; and a bendable member, coupled to the first member and the second member, the bendable member permitting the second longitudinal axis rotated away from the first longitudinal axis.