Patent ID: 8348074

Claim:
A connector ( 5 ) by which signals are conducted between data communication networks separately installed in coupled rail vehicles, said connector comprising: a contact holder ( 6 ) arranged to be seated in a train coupler connection block ( 7 ); a metal contact housing ( 20 ) arranged for insertion in a forward end of the contact holder ( 6 ); and a metal contact member ( 21 ) seated in the contact housing, the metal contact member extending electrically separated through the contact housing to a conductor termination ( 22 ) seated in a rear end of the contact holder ( 6 ), wherein the metal contact member ( 21 ) comprises a metal body ( 24 ) having a diameter, and a rod ( 25 ) of a smaller diameter extending from the body, the body seated in a central axial bore ( 23 ) through the contact housing ( 20 ) and the rod ( 25 ) reaching axially outside a rear end of the contact housing ( 20 ).