Patent ID: 7476132

Claim:
An electrical terminal, comprising: a first contact member having an outer pressure contacting end portion for pressure engaging a first electrical device and an enlarged inner end portion, the pressure contacting end portion having a given length; a second contact member having an outer pressure contacting end portion for pressure engaging a second electrical device and an enlarged inner end portion, the pressure contacting end portion having a length greater than a length of the pressure contacting end portion of the first contact member; a sleeve including an inner tube, fabricated of a conductive material, surrounded by an outer tube, fabricated of a dielectric material, with the enlarged inner end portions of the contact members being reciprocally slidably mounted in opposite ends of the inner tube, a through hole for slidably receiving the inner end portions of the first and second contact members, said through hole having first and second open ends, restricted stop means for each contact member for abutting the enlarged inner ends of the contact members to define outer limit positions of the pressure contacting end portions of the contact members; a biasing member in the through hole of the housing to resiliently bias the contact members in opposite directions; and said pressure contacting end portions being defined as those parts of the contact members which project beyond opposite ends of the sleeve when the enlarged inner end portions abut the restricted stop means.