Patent ID: 7416444
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a tubular housing having first and second open ends opposite to each other in an axial direction and formed with a through hole; an insulating first terminal-mounting seat mounted fixedly in said through hole in said housing; a first terminal fixed to said first terminal-mounting seat and extending in a radial direction through said first terminal-mounting seat and into said housing; an insulating second terminal-mounting seat disposed fixedly in said housing and disposed adjacent to said first open end of said housing; a second terminal disposed in said housing, fixed to said second terminal-mounting seat, and extending in the axial direction through said second terminal-mounting seat, said second terminal having a radially and outwardly extending annular flange that is spaced apart from said second terminal-mounting seat and that is disposed adjacent to said first terminal; a conductive ring sleeved movably on said second terminal, and having a first ring section disposed between said second terminal-mounting seat and said annular flange of said second terminal and having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of said annular flange of said second terminal, and a second ring section connected integrally to said first ring section and having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of said annular flange of said second terminal, said conductive ring having a curved inner annular abutting face disposed at a junction of said first and second ring sections; a biasing member disposed between said second terminal-mounting seat and said conductive ring for biasing said conductive ring to move toward said annular flange of said second terminal such that said annular flange comes into electrical contact with said inner annular abutting face of said conductive ring and that said second ring section of said conductive ring contacts electrically said first terminal; and an actuating sleeve sleeved movably on said second terminal, disposed between said conductive ring and said second open end of said housing, and operable so as to move toward said first open end of said housing such that said conductive ring is pushed by said actuating sleeve to move away from said first terminal.