Anderson Power Products

Christopher P Palagi

Craig H Baker

Urs F Nager, Jr

Mark A Wojcicki

Christine M Svelnis

Clyde T Carter

Danna Anthony Mancini

Alexander S Fater

Craig Harold Baker

A spring loaded electrical connector system includes a socket contact, at least one biasing element, and a pin contact. The socket contact extends along a first axis and has a base and a plurality of tines which extend out from the base and are arranged around the first axis to define a passage with an open end The biasing element biases at least one of the plurality of tines towards the first axis. The pin contact detachably engages in the passage with the at least one of the plurality of tines biased by the biasing element.

Biased socket contact and method thereof

An electrical socket contact with a plurality of tines for mating with a pin contact. At least one tine functions as an initial arc receiving tine while another tine functions as an axially extending pin contacting tine. The pin contacting tine has a shorter axial length than the arc receiving tine so that the arc receiving tine produces a make-first/break-last electrical contact.

Electrical socket contact with tines

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Upton, MA, United States of America

Christopher P Palagi