CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICAL TERMINALS

摘要

A connector for electrical terminals has a housing within which is accommodated a rotary and axially movable first terminal carrier which constantly is biased by a spring to move axially of the housing toward a second terminal carrier which is rotatably assembled with the housing and is drivingly coupled to the first carrier to impart rotation thereto. Discontinuous flanges on the housing and the first carrier disable axial movement of the latter in one position of rotary adjustment thereof and in a second position of rotary adjustment enable axial movement of the first carrier toward the second carrier. The second carrier has discontinuous flanges which cooperate with the discontinuous flanges on the housing in the second position of rotary adjustment of the carriers to prevent separation of the second carrier from the housing. The terminals carried by the carriers confront one another and engage a resilient, compressible pad of elastomeric material containing electrically conductive particles which establish a conductive path between the confronting terminals. The terminals themselves preferably are integrally formed at the free ends of wire conductors.