Patent ID: 8367953

Claim:
An electrical contact device used to complete an electrical circuit, comprising: a body of an electrically insulating material, the body including a longitudinal first bore having a first diameter, the first bore opening into a through second bore having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the through second bore opening into an enlarged diameter third bore having a third diameter greater than the first and second diameters; a conductive fastener received in the body, the fastener including a male threaded head and a shank having a male threaded portion; a conductive biasing element having an extending portion and a connecting end, the connecting end engaged onto and over the male threaded head of the fastener, the connecting end and the male threaded head slidably received in the longitudinal first bore with the shank slidably received in the through second bore such that the male threaded portion extends partially into the enlarged diameter third bore; and a nut positioned in the enlarged diameter third bore threadably engaged with the male threaded portion of the fastener to releasably couple the fastener to the tubular body having the extending portion of the biasing element extending freely out of the tubular body.