An electrical coupler has first and second housing halves and first and second contacts retained within the first and second housing halves. Wherein the first housing half is identical to the second housing half and the first contact is identical to the second contact.

A connector device includes a motor-side connector 30 including a motor-side terminal 31, an inverter-side connector 60 including an inverter-side terminal 70, a motor case 10 including the motor-side connector 30, and an inverter case 50 including the inverter-side connector 60, the connectors 30, 60 being fitted together when the inverter case 50 is stacked on and fastened to the motor case 10 using bolts 120. When the fastening of the cases 10, 50 is completed, a predetermined gap is ensured between opposing surfaces 36B, 80A of the connectors 30, 60.

An electrical connection device including a first end-fitting secured to a first part of an electrical cable, including a first cylindrical lateral surface coaxial to a first axis and a first end surface forming a first angle with the first axis, a second end-fitting secured to a second part of an electrical cable, including a second cylindrical lateral surface coaxial to a second axis and a second end surface forming a second angle with the second axis equal to the first angle, and a holding system configured to hold the first and second end surfaces pressed against one another. The first and second end-fittings are directly in contact with one another and held in contact via a holding system coaxial to the first and second end-fittings and supported by the latter, which contributes to obtaining a compact device.

A zipper-type circuit fabric and smart clothes composed thereof include a clothes body. The clothes body is made of waterproof conductive fabric body. The waterproof conductive fabric body includes a plurality of conductive wires and conductive contacts. Rectangular elongated conductive media and folded conductive media are arranged inside the conductive wires so that the conductive media are stable and ductile. The clothes body is further provided with a waterproof zipper body. The zipper teeth on the waterproof zipper body are all electrically connected to the conductive wires. When the zipper body is closed, a metal probe on a zipper tooth is placed into a connecting slot so that the left and right sides of the clothes body form a closed circuit. The clothes body can be connected to glove bodies and includes a plurality of flexible sensors internally.

A joint connector 10 for electrically connecting a plurality of wires 11 includes a housing 29 and a joint terminal 12 to be disposed in the housing 29. The joint terminal 12 includes a plurality of branch portions 20 arranged along an arrangement direction, a plurality of wire connecting portions 17 respectively continuous with the plurality of branch portions 20 and to be connected to the plurality of wires 11, and a coupling portion 19 for electrically connecting the plurality of branch portions 20 by coupling the plurality of branch portions 20. The coupling portion 19 is in the form of a plate extending in the arrangement direction and is bent. The coupling portion 19 is engaged with the housing 29.

A joint connector 10 for electrically connecting a plurality of wires 11 includes a housing 29 and a joint terminal 12 to be disposed in the housing 29. The joint terminal 12 includes a plurality of branch portions 20 arranged along an arrangement direction, a plurality of wire connecting portions 17 respectively continuous with the plurality of branch portions 20 and to be connected to the plurality of wires 11, and a coupling portion 19 for electrically connecting the plurality of branch portions 20 by coupling the plurality of branch portions 20. The coupling portion 19 is in the form of a plate extending in the arrangement direction and is bent. The coupling portion 19 is engaged with the housing 29.

An electrical connection assembly including two complementary connectors, each including a mutually parallel electrically insulating plates each comprising one face carrying signal transport contacts and an opposite face carrying at least one shielding sheet in such a manner that, when the connectors are connected together, the plates are interleaved between one another so that the contacts are pressed against one another and the shielding sheets are pressed against each other.

An electrical connection assembly including two complementary connectors, each including a mutually parallel electrically insulating plates each comprising one face carrying signal transport contacts and an opposite face carrying at least one shielding sheet in such a manner that, when the connectors are connected together, the plates are interleaved between one another so that the contacts are pressed against one another and the shielding sheets are pressed against each other.

A process of manufacturing an electrical wiring assembly includes the steps of cutting an elongate strip from a sheet of metal and cutting a mesial slit in an end of the uninsulated segment, thereby forming a pair of distal projections flanking the mesial slit. The mesial slit and the pair of distal projections form a forked split blade terminal.

There may be provided a fastener arrangement. The fastener arrangement may include a first fastener tape including a first plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements and a first plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling elements. The fastener arrangement may further include a second fastener tape comprising a second plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements and a second plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling element. The fastener arrangement may further include a slider couplable to the first fastener tape and the second fastener tape for reversibly interleaving and interlocking the first plurality of electrically conductive and non-electrically conductive coupling elements with their corresponding second plurality of electrically conductive and non-electrically conductive elements. The interleaved and interlocked first and second plurality of electrically conductive coupling elements may form a plurality of conductive-bridges and the interleaved and interlocked first and second plurality of non-electrically conductive coupling elements may form a plurality of insulation-bridges.