Electrical connectors rely on lubricants to keep corrosion from degrading the terminals and to reduce the amount of force needed to connect them. After 24 hr at 200°C, oil loss for the PFPE-urea ...

This article explains how adhesives and sealants improve connector reliability through moisture barriers, vibration damping, and mechanical stabilization.

We've all done it before: crawled upside-down and backwards to work under a dash only to discover that the part we need to service screws into the electrical system with a bunch of ring terminals on ...

Laminated electrical connectors that are soldered or riveted together often generate high resistive voltage losses. They're also stiff and not flexible enough to meet the long-term demands of ...

Lear has been granted a patent for an electrical connector with a housing, recess, projection, and terminal passageways. The inner wall of each passageway tapers to receive a sealing member. This ...

Electric vehicles have been around a long time – over 100 years, in fact. Interest flared during the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, which led to Congressional action in 1976 authorizing the Energy Department ...

Electrical connectors have come a long way over the years in providing an all-in-one component that ties multiple contacts into an individual plug-in connection. These connectors house Lego-block ...

While developments in other areas of power electronics may overshadow advances in power-connector design, innovations in this field will become more critical as power systems, especially those for ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Industry trends continue to push power supply technologies to provide higher power density supplies and components with ever-smaller footprints and ...