Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting two electrical points, the connector having one or more connector terminals arranged in a connector housing, the connector terminal includes a resilient arm portion which bends or deflects about a first pivot portion when the connector terminal is compressed initially and resilient arm portion bends or deflects about a second pivot point when the connector terminal is further compressed subsequently.

Abstract: A compression connector for interconnecting a two electrical devices including, a housing mounting at least one conductive element defining; a first beam section fastened to the housing in a cantilevered manner allowing resilient deflection and having a first contact region at the fastened end for connection to the first device, and a second beam section extending at a first end thereof in a cantilevered manner from the movable end of the first beam section, the second beam section including a second contact region away from the first end and disposed to engage with compressively, and deflectable by the first device. The conductive element is formed by out of plane bending to position the second beam back over the first beam, so that the wiping action by the first contract region of the second beam in a direction transverse to the compression engagement direction is controlled by geometry selection of the beams.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a housing having a plurality of conductive element receiving regions within which a plurality of conductive elements are provided. The conductive elements are of a kind formed from an elongate sheet material which has been bent out of plane to define at least a first contact region a second contact region and a beam region intermediate of the first end second regions, the first and second contact regions being in a resiliently movable disposition relative to each other. Each conductive element is captured with the receiving region yet allowing movement of the contact regions relative to the housing. The capture includes the inter-engagement a locking section of conductive element and of the housing as a result of a cantilevered fixing of the conductive element to the housing in the in plane direction and the biasing of the locking section of the conductive element towards inter engagement as a result of the in plane rigidity of the conductive elements.

Abstract: An electrical connector for use between two devices having conductive regions between which an electrical connection is to be formed, the electrical connection comprising, a housing including a passage therethrough, a conductive element of an elongate conductive material disposed within the passage. The conductive element is formed to define an upper contact region and a lower contact region for engagement to an upper the device and a lower the device respectively. Also provided are a location region which secures the conductive element to the housing, a beam region including a first end dependent from the location region and a free end at or towards which the upper contact region is located. The beam is resiliently deflectable to a position wherein the upper device is positioned for use having the upper contact region pressed thereto and wherein the upper contact is biased towards the first position.