Patent ID: 6953371

Claim:
An apparatus for electrically coupling an end of a linear conductor to a surface conductor wherein the linear conductor end is disposed along a linear conductor axis and the linear conductor end comprises an inner conductor, the apparatus comprising: a housing for receiving the linear conductor end, the housing comprising a channel having a channel axis that is non-collinear with respect to the linear conductor axis; an access contact disposed in the housing, the access contact including: a cavity for receiving the inner conductor of the linear conductor, and an access pin, wherein the access pin is electrically coupled to the inner conductor; a conductive member movably disposed within the channel of the housing to move along the channel axis, the conductive member having a first end, electrically coupled to the linear conductor end and to the access contact, and a second end to electrically couple the conductive member to the surface conductor, wherein the first end comprises a head; and a biasing member in mechanical communication with the first end of the conductive member to bias the conductive member in electrical contact with the surface conductor; wherein the access pin is non-collinear with respect to the conductive member.