Patent ID: 6220891
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A probe connector for connecting to and disconnecting from a shaft, comprising,a union having a shaft section at a union shaft end and a probe section at a union probe end disconnectably joined together,the shaft section including an upper portion with a contact surface and a lower portion with a contact surface; andthe probe section including an upper portion with a contact surface and a lower portion with a contact surface; the probe section surfaces matching the surfaces of the respective shaft section upper and lower portions,a first electric conductor within and extending through the lower portions between the union ends,a second electric conductor within and extending through the shaft section and probe section upper portions between the union ends,the shaft section upper portion extending substantially beyond the shaft section lower portion, and the probe section lower portion extending substantially beyond the probe section upper portion with the upper of the shaft section overlapping the lower portion of the probe section on matching longitudinal ledges to form an integral body, the probe section contact surfaces and longitudinal ledges in close face to face contact, with effectively no airspace therebetween therein forming an electromagnetic insulator between the electric conductor within the lower portions and the electric conductor within the upper portions,the first and second conductors establishing electrical contact when the sections are joined together.