Patent ID: 7344418

Claim:
An electrical terminal ( 30 ), for mounting in a mounting cavity ( 54 ) in a fuirst electrical device ( 50 ) with one open end ( 57 ) comprising: a first contact member ( 32 ) having an outer pressure contacting end portion ( 32 a ) of a given diameter for pressure engaging a first electrical device ( 50 ) and an inner end portion ( 32 b ) of a diameter at least slightly larger than said given diameter; a second contact member ( 34 ) having a front pressure contacting end ( 34 a ) for pressure engaging a second electrical device ( 62 ), a rear end ( 34 b ) having a hole ( 38 ) for reciprocally receiving the inner end portion of the first contact member, a restricted stop ( 44 ) at the rear end of the hole for abutting the inner end portion of the first contact member to define an outer limit position of the first contact member, an outwardly projecting bearing flange ( 42 ) for reciprocally engaging a bearing surface ( 54 a ) on the first electrical device ( 50 ); a biasing member ( 36 ) in said hole in the second contact member and engageable with the inner end portion of the first contact member for resiliently biasing the first and second contact members in opposite directions; and the first electrical device ( 50 ) having a housing ( 52 ) with the enclosed mounting cavity ( 54 ), the mounting cavity with a fixed contact ( 56 ) at a base ( 54 b ) of the cavity opposite said open end ( 57 ), the rear end ( 34 b ) of the second contact member ( 34 ) being reciprocally mounted in the cavity with said bearing ring ( 42 ) slidably engageable with inner walls ( 54 a ) of the cavity, the pressure contacting end portion ( 32 a ) of the first contact member ( 32 ) being biased into engagement with the fixed contact at the base of the cavity, the pressure contacting end ( 34 a ) of the second contact member ( 34 ) projecting from the housing, and the cavity has a restricted stop ( 58 ) at an open end ( 57 ) thereof for abutting the bearing ring to define an outer limit position of the second contact member projecting from the housing.