Patent ID: 6575764
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A contact element comprising:a housing or frame, a first and a second electrical or fluid conductor, first and second engaging means for engaging with an engaging means of another contact element, the first and second engaging means being in electrical or fluid connection with the first or second electrical or fluid conductor, respectively, resilient means, the first and second electrical or fluid conductors and the engaging means being at least partly embedded in the resilient means, and the first and second engaging means being exposed at a first and a second surface part, respectively, of the resilient means, the resilient means being adapted to render the engaging means displaceable in relation on to the housing or frame, enclosing means, the resilient means being at least substantially enclosed by an enclosing means, except for at least one surface part at which the engaging means are exposed, the resilient means being at least substantially incompressible and at least substantially fills out a volume enclosed by the enclosing means, the enclosing means limiting the expansion possibilities of the resilient means to areas around the engaging means, and the resilient means and the enclosing means being operable to, when one engaging means is displaced in a direction into the resilient means, push the other engaging means in a direction away from the resilient means.