An electro-mechanical connection apparatus. The apparatus includes a connection base configured to mechanically support an external device, and a first connection device operably connected to the connection base, wherein the first connection device is configured to operably connect with a second connection device associated with the external device. The first connection device includes a first electrical contact configured to establish an electrical connection with a second electrical contact of the external device, wherein the first electrical contact establishes the electrical connection with the second electrical contact while the connection base mechanically supports the external device.

An electrical connector having a first connector part and a second connector part, the first connector part with at least one electrically conductive pin and the second connector part with at least one shuttle pin, the conductive pin having two or more electrically conductive cores, each conductive core being provided with an external electrical contact and an insulating material forming a watertight seal with the conductive core and the electrical contact. The conductive cores include two or more cores spaced from one another to form the conductive pin. Facing surfaces of the two or more cores are spaced by an air gap with insulating material in the air gap and overmoulded insulating material is in contact with other surfaces of the conductive cores.

A power supply connector has a first part and a second part that are connected to each other such that they can turn relative each other within a predefined and/or restricted turning angle. The first part includes a first set of plurality of conductors and the second part includes a corresponding second set of plurality of conductors, wherein the pairs of conductors are electrically connected by electrical connections including a connection tip on one of the first and the second part and a contact surface on the other one, wherein the electrical connections are provided in at least one circular shape around a turn axis of the power supply connector The turning angle between the first part and the second part is limited to the shortest angular extension of the contact surfaces and the contact surfaces are distributed such that the pair of conductors are permanently electrically connected.

A surface mount technology (SMT) terminal header is described for providing an electrical connection to a first printed circuit board (PCB). The SMT terminal header includes multiple first electrically conductive connector elements each having a base configured for surface mount attachment to the first PCB, and an insulative housing having multiple cells and a fixation member configured to attach the housing to the first PCB. Each of the multiple cells is configured to at least partially house one of the multiple first electrically conductive connector elements. Each of the first electrically conductive connector elements includes a position assurance member configured to attach the first electrically conductive connector element to at least one of the multiple cells of the insulative housing.

The utility model discloses an electrical connector for Christmas lamp trees which comprises an upper and a lower connecting base, first columnar electrodes and elastic devices are arranged in the upper connecting base, second arc-shaped electrodes are arranged in the lower connecting base, and the elastic devices cause the first electrodes to tightly abut against the second electrodes. The first columnar electrodes and the second arc-shaped electrodes form a point-to-surface contact, so that the reliability of electrical connection is increased greatly, allowing a Christmas lamp tree to be universal to high and low voltages. Moreover, sufficient contact between upper and lower layers and natural effect of the Christmas lamp tree can still be ensured even if the Christmas lamp tree is subjected to an external force, and multiple sets of first and second electrodes are electrically connected in one-to-one correspondence, leading to diversified functions of the Christmas lamp tree.

A shelving system having a detached power supply apparatus includes at least a hollow vertical shelf rail, at least a bus bar inserted into the vertical shelf rail, and at least a detached power supply apparatus inserted in the vertical shelf rail and electrically connected to the bus bar. Each of the vertical shelf rails includes at least a punched hole, and two locating protrudes. Each of the bus bar includes a slot, and two current conductors. The slot includes a carrier surface, and a track abutting surface. Each of the detached power supply apparatus passes through the punched hole and is inserted between the carrier surface and the track abutting surface. Each of the detached power supply apparatus includes two push-in resilient ball head plungers, a receiving surface, an abutting surface, and two reeds. The abutting surface is engaging with the track abutting surface.

A connector assembly having a pin and a housing. The pin having an insulator layer or material separating two adjacent electrical contacts. The electrical contacts can each include a contact band and a tab extending from the contact band. An electrical contact can be established with a spring contact and the contact band can at least partially surrounds the insulator around the lengthwise axis of the pin. Two electrical contacts can be positioned in an axial or longitudinal offset configuration.

A dual spring contact assembly having an intermediate component between at least two canted coil springs with opposite canting angle directions for fitment between a first component and a second component. When there is relative displacement between the first and second components, the direction of movement of one of the components relative to one of the canted coil spring can always occur along the canting angle, reducing the friction between coils and component and increasing the life of the slip ring.

A connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a socket to receive a plug and having an electrical contact. The connector assembly further includes a flexible fabric embedded with a pattern of electrically conductive elements and spanning the socket to conceal the electrical contact. The flexible fabric can deform toward the electrical contact of the socket to cause at least a portion of the pattern to contact the electrical contact.

A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion, a first circuit board having an imager, a second circuit board in board-to-board electrical connection with the first circuit board, and a rear housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to an electrical connection of a wire harness of a vehicle. The rear housing portion when joined with the front housing portion forms a camera housing. The connector of the rear housing portion includes a multi-pin connector having at least three terminals that, with the rear housing portion joined with the front housing portion, electrically connect to respective terminals of the electrical connector at the second circuit board. The connector includes an electrically conductive metallic clamping element that engages a metallic shield element at the electrical connector at the second circuit board to establish a ground path from the connector of the rear housing portion to the second circuit board.