Patent ID: 7255576
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact assembly for a Kelvin contact system comprising a) first and second separate but similar conductive slider contacts each having an elongate body of predetermined shape and an engagement surface on an end thereof; b) first and second similar conductive laminations, each having a similar interior space and a slot extending from the exterior of the lamination to the interior space, said slot of the first lamination conforming to the first slider contact for accepting the first slider contact and allowing sliding of the first slider contact along the slot and into and out of the interior space, said slot of the second lamination for accepting the second slider contact and allowing sliding of the second slider contact along the slot and into and out of the interior space; and c) an insulating lamination having an internal space substantially matching the conductive laminations and an exterior shape similar to that of the conductive laminations' exterior shape; wherein the contact assembly comprises the conductive laminations in overlying alignment with the insulating lamination interposed between the conductive laminations, and with the first and second slider contacts within the laminations' slots.