Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electrical contact with the housing in the angularly offset position by an internal end anchor and an external end anchor. In one aspect, detents are formed in at least one of the contact strips to engage a complimentary recess in a conductive member insertable into the bore and contact to releasably retain the conductive member in the housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making the same includes a radially resilient, cylindrical electrical contact member having a plurality of spaced strips extending between opposite ends of a sleeve. The ends of the strips are welded in the sleeve in an angularly offset, end-to-end position.

Abstract: A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hyperbolic shape. The ends of the contact strips are fixedly mounted in the notches.

Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making the same includes a radially resilient, cylindrical electrical contact member having a plurality of spaced strips extending between opposite ends of a sleeve. The ends of the strips are held in one or more housings in an angularly offset, end-to-end position. The contact member and the sleeve are urged from the one or more housings into a cylindrical portion of a holder or use element to mount the connector directly in the holder or use element. In one aspect, the contact strips are formed as individual strips joined to the sleeve at one end and at the other end. In another aspect, at least one contact strip is formed with a movable detent releasably engagable in a recess in a pin insertable into the connector to lock the pin in the connector. In another aspect, at least one strip has an extension which overlays a portion of the bare wire end of an electrical conductor mounted in one end of a terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electrical contact with the housing in the angularly offset position by an internal end anchor and an external end anchor. In one aspect, detents are formed in at least one of the contact strips to engage a complimentary recess in a conductive member insertable into the bore and contact to releasably retain the conductive member in the housing.

Abstract: A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hyperbolic shape. The ends of the contact strips are fixedly mounted in the notches.

Abstract: A radially resilient connector is fixedly mounted at one end in a cup shaped recess in a terminal. A cap is fixed over the other end of the connector and rotated with respect to the terminal to angularly offset the opposed ends of the contact member of the connector. The cap is then fixed to the terminal. In one aspect, the connector has two outer sleeves mounted over opposite ends. A tab on one sleeve engages an aperture in the other sleeve after one of the sleeves is angularly offset with respect to the other sleeve. In another aspect, an inner sleeve of the connector is formed with an electrically insulating material, radially extending projection extending therefrom dividing the outer sleeve into two separate conductive parts. An electrical circuit connected to one of the outer sleeves causes current to flow through the contact member to the other sleeve portion to generate heat within the connector.