Abstract: An electrical terminal for making connection to a ring tongue comprises two metal plates each having a central aperture and a semicircular shaft segment having a portion outstanding from the plate and a portion forming part of the periphery of the aperture. The shaft segment of one plate is force fitted into the aperture of the other plate, with the ring tongue surrounding the two shaft segments, so that the two shaft segments cooperate to provide a hollow shaft, contact springs on plates cooperating to provide a receptacle for a bus bar. The outer faces of the shaft segments and the walls of the apertures are complimentarily tapered to enable the force fit. In use, a fastener is passed through the hollow shaft to secure the terminal to a guide fork, the assembly so formed being mounted on a slideway secured to a rack mounted electrical module to be connected to the bus bar.

Abstract: The receptacle (2), which is especially for mating with a ceramic chip resistor (4), comprises first and second superposed plates (6 and 8) defining a tapered passage (12). The plates are joined by resilient bights (14) on opposite sides of a mouth (10) of the passage (12). The first plate (6) is connected to the bights (14) at positions (P) spaced back from the mouth (10) so that a portion (15) of the first plate (6) projects freely between the bights (14). The resistor (4), when inserted into the passage (12) by way of the mouth (10), tilts the first plate (6) about its connections with the bights (14) so that the resistor (4) is tightly gripped between the plates (6 and 8) when the leading end (37) of the resistor (4) reaches a stop (28) beyond the positions (P) at which the first plate (6) is joined to the bights (14).