A connecting element with a screw-in element and a contact element. The screw-in element is pin-shaped and extends along a longitudinal axis, has a thread on its first free end, a drive profile and a reception on its second free end, wherein the contact element is arranged in the reception with its first free end and has a connecting pin on its second free end that extends beyond the screw-in element in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the contact element has a spring that is arranged between the screw-in element and the connecting pin.

A connecting element with a screw-in element and a contact element. The screw-in element is pin-shaped and extends along a longitudinal axis, has a thread on its first free end, a drive profile and a reception on its second free end, wherein the contact element is arranged in the reception with its first free end and has a connecting pin on its second free end that extends beyond the screw-in element in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the contact element has a spring that is arranged between the screw-in element and the connecting pin.

An electrical connection assembly in an electrical switchgear comprising a circuit breaker movable between a disconnected, withdrawn, position and a connected, service, position, wherein said circuit breaker comprises, for each phase, a first connection terminal couplable to/uncouplable from a corresponding second, stationary, connection terminal of said switchgear, characterized in that said electrical connection assembly comprises a first contact element electrically and mechanically connected to said first connection terminal of said circuit breaker, a second contact element electrically and mechanically connected to said second, stationary, connection terminal of said switchgear, and a third, intermediate, contact element that is electrically and mechanically connected with one of said first and second contact elements and that is electrically and mechanically couplable to/uncouplable from the other of said first and second contact elements, and further characterized in that said first and second contact elements respectively forms a first and a second contact pair with a portion of said third intermediate contact element, each of said first and second contact pair having a male contact element and a female contact element having a hollow cavity into which said male element is instertable with sliding contacts positioned at the interface between said male and female contact elements, the external surface of said female contact element having linear and curved portions devoid of any sharp edge and being symmetrical with respect to a central longitudinal axis.

An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical receptacle terminal configured to receive a corresponding electrical plug terminal therein. The electrical receptacle terminal has a helical coil spring. The electrical connector assembly further includes a cable terminal attached to an end of a conductor of an electrical cable. The coil spring is in compressive contact with the cable terminal.

A connector includes an inner contact inserted in a recessed portion of a plug contact and composed of a bent wire spring, the inner contact having an elastically displaceable contact portion contacting the plug contact and an elastically displaceable pressing portion, part of a connection object having a flexible conductor exposed on at least one surface thereof being sandwiched between the pressing portion and an inner surface of the recessed portion, the inner surface of the recessed portion and the pressing portion contacting a front surface and a rear surface of the connection object, respectively, the plug contact being electrically connected to the flexible conductor directly when the flexible conductor is exposed on the front surface of the connection object, the plug contact being electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the inner contact when the flexible conductor is exposed on the rear surface of the connection object.

A terminal module includes an electrical contact having a body (30) configured to face a butting portion (82) on a mating terminal, oriented such that a coil axis (P) is parallel to the body (30) of the electrical contact member and configured to be sandwiched between the mating terminal and the electrical contact (20) to be tilted toward the coil axis (P) when the mating terminal and the electrical contact (20) approach. At least one of a facing surface (31) on the body (30) of the electrical contact (20) on which the obliquely wound coil spring (60) slides and a contact surface (81) on the butting portion (82) of the mating terminal on which the obliquely wound coil spring (60) slides is formed into an uneven surface for increasing frictional resistance during sliding.

A connecting element with a screw-in element and a contact element. The screw-in element is pin-shaped and extends along a longitudinal axis, has a thread on its first free end, a drive profile and a reception on its second free end, wherein the contact element is arranged in the reception with its first free end and has a connecting pin on its second free end that extends beyond the screw-in element in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the contact element has a spring that is arranged between the screw-in element and the connecting pin.

An expandable socket for attachment to a mobile electronic device. The expandable socket includes a platform adapted to engage a portion of the portable media player, a skin coupled to the platform, wherein the skin is deformable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable socket includes a button coupled to the skin opposite the platform. The expandable socket also includes a biasing element arranged within the skin between the platform and the button, the biasing element configured to bias the skin into the expanded configuration.

An expandable socket for attachment to a mobile electronic device. The expandable socket includes a platform adapted to engage a portion of the portable media player, a skin coupled to the platform, wherein the skin is deformable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable socket includes a button coupled to the skin opposite the platform. The expandable socket also includes a biasing element arranged within the skin between the platform and the button, the biasing element configured to bias the skin into the expanded configuration.

A terminal fitting (10) includes an electrical contact (20) with a facing surface (21) facing a contact surface (81) of a mating terminal (80). A canted coil spring (50) that is made of a conductive wire material (51) has a wound surface inclined with respect to the coil axis (L) of the canted coil spring (60). The coil axis (L) is parallel with the facing surface (21) of the electrical contact member (20). The canted coil spring (50) is sandwiched between the mating terminal (80) and the electrical contact member (20) when the mating terminal (80) and the electrical contact member (20) approach each other. A holder shaft (40) is inserted in the canted coil spring (50) to hold the canted coil spring (50) in a posture where the coil axis L is parallel with the facing surface (21) of the electrical contact member (20).