Connector assembly

In combination,

• a connector having a shield casing,
• an insulator disposed within the shield casing in coaxial relationship with the shield casing and an electrically conductive probe disposed within the insulator in coaxial relationship with the shield casing and the insulator,
• a spring arm made from an electrically insulating material and pivotable at a first end and having a second end and pivotally biased at the first end to a first relationship,
• a resilient member made from an electrically conductive material and extending through the spring arm near the second end of the spring arm into engagement of the resilient member with the electrically conductive probe in the first relationship of the spring arm, and
• first means for pivoting the second end of the spring arm to a second relationship where the resilient member does not engage the probe, the second relationship of the spring arm being different from the first relationship of the spring arm.

In combination,

• first and second connectors each having a probe, an insulator enveloping the probe and a shield casing enveloping the insulator,
• first and second spring arms made from an electrically insulating material,
• a first electrical conductor disposed on the spring arms, the spring arms being normally biased for engagement of the first electrical conductor with the probes in the first and second connectors,
• a second electrical conductor disposed on the spring arms, the spring arms being normally biased for engagement of the second electrical conductor with the shield casings in the first and second connectors,
• the first and second electrical conductors being made from an electrically conductive and resilient material and having opposite ends and the first electrical conductor being respectively anchored at its opposite ends by the first and second spring arms and having first portions extending beyond the portions anchored in the first and second spring arms and resiliently engaging the first and second probes, and the second electrical conductor being anchored at its opposite ends by the first and second spring arms and having first portions extending beyond the portions anchored in the first and second spring arms and resiliently engaging the first and second shield casings.

In combination,

• a housing having first and second barrels at one end of the housing and having third and fourth barrels at an opposite end of the housing,
• first and second connectors respectively disposed in the first and second barrels,
• each of the connectors having a probe, an insulator enveloping the probe in a co-axial relationship with the probe and a shield casing enveloping the insulator in a co-axial relationship with the insulator,
• a pair of spring arms made from an electrically insulating material, each of the spring arms having first and second ends and each supported at the first end by the housing at a position between the third and fourth barrels for pivotable movement on a fulcrum at the first end of such spring arm,
• a pair of electrical conductors each made from a resilient material and coupled to the spring arms at positions near the second ends of the spring arms, a first one of the electrical conductors being disposed to resiliently engage the probes at positions on such electrical conductor beyond the couplings of such electrical conductor to the spring arms, the other one of the electrical conductors being disposed to resiliently engage the shield casings at positions on such electrical conductor beyond the couplings of such electrical conductor to the spring arms,
• the housing providing a common electrical potential between the first, second, third and fourth barrels.

In combination,

• a housing having first and second ends and having first and second barrels spaced from each other at the first end of the housing and having third and fourth barrels spaced from each other at the second end of the housing,
• a pair of electrical connectors each disposed in an individual one of the first and second barrels and including a probe, an insulator on the probe and a shield casing on the insulator,
• the housing defining a cavity between the first and second barrels and the third and fourth barrels,
• the first and third barrels being coaxial and the second and fourth barrels being coaxial,
• means including a pair of spring arms made from an insulating material and disposed in the housing for pivotal movement on a fulcrum between the third and fourth barrels and extending into the cavity,
• a first electrical conductor made from a resilient material and supported by the spring arms in the cavity for resilient engagement at its opposite ends with the probes in the first and second connectors,
• a second electrical conductor made from a resilient material and supported by the spring arms in the cavity for resilient engagement at its opposite ends with the shield casings in the first and second connectors,
• the spring arms being normally biased to a first position providing an engagement between the opposite ends of the first electrical conductor and the probes and between the opposite ends of the second electrical conductor and the shield casings and each of the spring arms being pivotable to a position disengaging the first electrical conductor from one of the probes and the second electrical conductor from one of the shield casings.