Patent ID: 7573231

Claim:
An interterminal connection structure comprising: a detachably engagable pair of members, including a first member having a first terminal, and including a second member having a second terminal; guiding structure arranged to cause the first terminal to contact the second terminal in intersecting relationship upon engagement of said pair of members; and a biasing element arranged to apply a biasing force to maintain contact between the first terminal and second terminal upon engagement of the pair of members; wherein the connection structure is arranged to cause a portion of the first terminal to slide against a portion of the second terminal in accordance with a swinging motion of the second terminal accompanying an increase in the biasing force upon engagement of the pair of members, wherein the first terminal is arranged to contact the second terminal in intersecting relationship at a contact site, at least a portion of the first terminal comprises a wire, at least a portion of the second terminal comprises a wire, and the first terminal is brought into point-contact with the second terminal at the contact site, and wherein the second terminal comprises a torsion coil spring structure constituting said biasing element, with a coiled portion of the torsion coil spring structure attached to a boss, such that the second terminal is biased in a rotational direction using the boss.