An adjustable stirrup leather and a saddle including such a stirrup leather for suspending a stirrup relative to a saddle seat wherein a spring element is provided within the stirrup leather to provide a torsional force to properly align the stirrup for a rider's foot when the saddle is placed on a mount. In a preferred embodiment the spring element is vertically adjustable depending upon an adjusted length of the stirrup leather.

A shielding assembly (2) for an electrical connector (4) comprises drawn metal shell (6) for receiving a connector (4), the drawn shell (6) having an upper wall (46) and a lower wall (48). The shell (6) is open at its rear end to receive the connector (4). The rear edge of each of the upper and lower walls (46,48) is formed with a pair of spaced openings (50), each opening being bridged by a bearing member (118). The shielding assembly (2) further comprises an upper back shell (12) and a lower b...

In this plug-in electrical connection arrangement contact pressure is established by twisting the torsionally resilient pin member of each pin-socket contact couple. The insulating base which holds and provides protective enclosures for the pin contacts also provides alignment guidance for the socket contacts. The pin contact has a torsionally resilient stem section, ideally colinear with the longitudinal axis of the socket contact, which terminates in a transversely extended contact cap section...

Apparatus for uniformly illuminating an image area with modulated light is disclosed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. Light of constant intensity is emitted from a light source and periodically interrupted by movable aperture means interposed in the light path extending between the light source and the image area. Elongated light conducting means including a helical portion formed about the longitudinal axis thereof receives the modualted light. The modulated light is s...