An automotive electrical distribution center assembly includes a mounting frame, a first pair of stacked gears rotatably attached to a side of the mounting frame and a second pair of stacked gears rotatably attached to an opposite side of the mounting frame, a moveable driver surrounding the mounting frame and defining four first linear gear racks that each engage a first gear of the first and second pairs of stacked gears, and an electrical distribution center attached to the driver. The electrical distribution center defines four second liner gear racks that each engage a second gear of the first and second pairs of stacked gears. Linear movement of the driver relative to the mounting frame causes rotational movement of the first and second pairs of stacked gears, thereby causing linear movement of the electrical distribution center to relative the mounting frame.

In a terminal accommodating chamber provided in a housing of a connector, a terminal to which an electric wire is connected is accommodated. The terminal is held by the engagement between a locking face of a lance molded in a terminal accommodating chamber and a locking target face provided in a box portion of the terminal. The locking target face is provided in a front ceiling plate molded by notching a ceiling plate of the box portion in a width direction to reach a facing plate outer face. The locking face and the locking target face are engaged with each other within a range wider than a facing plate inner face width of the facing plate.

A plug connector includes: a housing module having a mating end and including a first housing and a second housing assembled with the first housing to define a cavity therebetween; and a mating board received in the cavity and exposed to an exterior at a position close to the mating end; wherein the first housing has a main portion and a tongue extending from the main portion, the second housing has a receiving space receiving the tongue, and the tongue is deformed to latch within the receiving space.

A joint system for constructing orbital and extra-terrestrial structures includes a node receptacle having a node surface and a finger receiver projecting outwardly of the node surface, and a strut element including a support member, a finger element shiftably supported on the support member, a shell system shiftably supported on the support member and connected to the finger element, and an actuator mounted to the support member and operatively connected with the shell system. The actuator is operable to shift the finger element and the shell system into contact with the node receptacle. The finger element cooperates with the finger receiver to form a first load path and the shell system cooperating with the node surface to form a second load path.

A connector assembly includes a female housing (11) and a male housing (12) connectable to each other. Male terminal fittings (39) have tabs (41) projecting into a receptacle (36) of the male housing (12), and a moving plate (15) to be movably accommodated into the receptacle (36). The moving plate (15) includes a plate body (94) with positioning holes (96) enabling the insertion of the tabs (41) and a peripheral wall (95) connected to a periphery of the plate body (94) and slidable on an inner surface of the receptacle (36). An operating portion (103) for removal is provided on the peripheral wall (95) and is exposed from the receptacle (36).

In order to eliminate the need to provide a connector including a side retainer with an additional waterproof seal for the side retainer, the connector includes a terminal holder in which the side retainer is mounted, and the terminal holder is configured to define access passages such that a tool for moving the side retainer between first and second positions can be inserted into an inlet of the terminal holder so as to reach inclined cam surfaces of the side retainer and move the side retainer.

A connector device including: a plug which has a plug housing and at least one electrical plug contact that is held so as to be insulated in the plug housing; and a socket which has a socket housing and a socket contact. The socket housing has an electrically insulating plug channel for receiving the plug contact, in which plug channel the socket contact is located. A sleeve is rotatably arranged on the plug housing or the socket housing. A slotted guide arrangement is operatively disposed between the sleeve, the plug housing and the socket housing. A slotted guide of the slotted guide arrangement has a separating portion having a slope relative to a circumferential direction. After the separating portion in an opening direction, a delay portion is located, which has a smaller slope than the separating portion.

An apparatus for connecting and disconnecting an electrical connection, comprising a socket, a male plug that can be connected to the socket, and a coupling mechanism which is designed for locking the socket to the male plug and for separating it therefrom.

A locking mechanism for first and second housing parts of a housing of a plug connector, includes a push button, which extends in the axial longitudinal direction through an opening of the first housing part into the interior of the housing. The push button is movably arranged, relative to the housing, between predetermined first and second axial positions, which correspond with the first and second positions of the housing parts. The push button and an interior locking element are configured such that the push button is in pressure contact to the locking element and interacts with the locking element such that, in the case of movement of the push button from the first to the second positions a radial pressure contact between the two housing parts is provided such that a gap between the first and second housing parts is minimized.

A housing (10) is formed with a partial locking stopper (21) and a full locking stopper (24). A slide lever (25) (operating member) is formed with a single hook (33) having a partial locking contact surface (35) and a full locking contact surface (36). The partial locking contact surface (35) is at an acute angle to a sliding direction of the slide lever (25) and restricts a movement of the slide lever (25) at the partial locking position in a direction separating from the housing (10) by contacting the partial locking stopper (21). The full locking contact surface (36) is at an obtuse angle to the sliding direction of the slide lever (25) and restricts a movement of the slide lever (25) at the full locking position toward the partial locking position by contacting the full locking stopper (24) in a semi-locked state.