Patent ID: 8287318

Claim:
A spring loaded electrical connector for testing a missile launch rail, the connector comprising: a base comprising: a rail mount; a forward end; and an opening in the forward end; a housing, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end attaches to the base; a cap attached to the second end of the housing and comprising a cap opening; an internal plunger housed in the housing; an insulator attached to the plunger on a plunger forward end; at least one electrical contact attached to the insulator and facing the opening in the forward end of the base; a tube having a first tube end and a second tube end, wherein the first tube end attaches to a plunger rearward end and is housed in the housing, and wherein the second tube end extends rearwards out of the opening in the cap; a knob, attached to the second tube end; a locating track cut into an outer surface of the tube; an indexing cylinder, circumscribing the tube and housed in the housing; two locating pins, attached to the indexing cylinder and riding in the locating track; a compression spring, circumscribing the tube, housed in the housing, and extending from an aft spring ledge to a forward spring ledge; and wherein the compression spring compresses as the plunger, the insulator, and the at least one electrical contact move rearward and decompresses as the plunger, the insulator, and the at least one electrical contact move forward.