Abstract:
An electrical connection with an electrical contact member and comprising a cylindrical helix of electrically conductive resilient wire having a first end electrically connecting with the contact member and a second end adjacent the opening into the free end of the cylindrical helix, and a terminal member including a tapered longitudinal shank portion inserted through the helix opening and into the helix, and having an intermediate region contacting and frictionally engaging the inner perihery of the spiral at the free end of the helix when the shank portion of the terminal member is inserted into the helix. The terminal member can then be rotated to partially unwind the spirals of the helix while further inserting the shank portion of the terminal member into the helix for further frictional engagement between the shank portion and the inner peripheries of additional spirals of the helix. The method of making an electric connection with an electrical contact member is also covered.