Patent ID: 8764489

Claim:
A high-current insertion-connected connector for transmitting electrical currents, comprising: a housing including electrically conductive material, said housing designed to be connected mechanically and electrically to a cable, and having at least one open side or end, and forming a chamber for receiving a mating insertion-connected connector; said mating insertion-connected connector for insertion within said housing, made of an electrically conductive material; at least one contact member arranged against the housing to make an electrical contact, at which there is an area of contact and a contact-making pressure, between the housing and the mating insertion-connected connector inserted into the housing, the at least one contact member including a coil spring, there being arranged in the housing, in the chamber to receive the mating insertion-connected connector; and a mounting member made of an electrically insulating material to hold the at least one contact member in a predetermined position, said mounting member receiving the mating insertion-connected connector, and including, for each of said at least one contact member in the form of a coil spring, a spigot having a free end, on each of which spigots the coil spring is so arranged that the spigot engages axially in turns of the coil spring.