Patent ID: 8851933
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G01N,H01R

Abstract:
1. A releasable electrical connector assembly, comprising: a cap portion releasably mated to a base portion such that the cap portion and the base portion longitudinally overlap; the cap portion comprising: an electrically non-conductive cap outwardly laterally bounding a cavity; a first electrical conductor assembly extending through the cap and partially disposed in the cavity; the first electrical conductor assembly comprising a first conductor and a spring mounted to a distal end portion of the first conductor; the spring extending along a longitudinal spring axis and having a circumference about the spring axis; the base portion comprising: a core extending proximally toward the cap; an electrically conductive lead disposed outward of the core; wherein the spring is laterally compressed between the cap and the lead such that, at a first longitudinal location along the spring axis, a first portion of the circumference of the spring is non-conductively abutting the cap and a second portion of the circumference, disposed at the first longitudinal location along the spring axis, is electrically conductively abutting the lead; wherein the lead, at the first location, directly faces the core on a side of the lead opposite the spring.