Elongated electrical conductor that is adapted for electrically connecting with an electrical contact

An elongate electrical conductor including:

• a plurality of parallel elongate electrical conductor members that are each adapted for electrically connecting with a respective electrical contact, each conductor member including:
• a longitudinally extending elongate first body for defining a substantially planar contact surface and an opposite face;
• wherein the first body includes first and second opposite longitudinally extending edges and
• a longitudinally extending elongate second body in electrical communication with the first body and extending transversely away from the first edge back along substantially all of the planar contact surface for defining a second contact surface that is opposed with the planar surface intermediate the first and the second edges, wherein the second body does not extend along or transversely beyond the opposite face, wherein, upon rotational progression of the electrical contact between the first and second bodies, the planar and the second surfaces are resiliently biased into engagement with the electrical contact;
• a longitudinally extending conduit, the conduit including:
• a housing;
• a plurality of longitudinally extending and transversely spaced apart channels disposed within the housing, each for captively retaining a respective one of the conductor members, each channel including a respective like facing open end for receiving a respective one of the electrical contacts;
• and
• an elongate longitudinally extending opening;
• and
• a contact assembly that is insertable into the longitudinally extending opening, the contact assembly including a plurality of said electrical contacts, wherein upon movement of the contact assembly from a first configuration to a second configuration the electrical contacts each rotationally progress to a position between the first and second bodies of respective ones of the conductor members;
• wherein, for at least one parallel elongate electrical conductor member, the second body includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart ribs that extend from the first body to respective free ends which collectively define the second surface.

An elongate electrical conductor member for use in a track-based power distribution arrangement wherein the conductor member is housed in an insulating conduit, the conductor member being adapted for electrically connecting with an electrical contact when disposed in the conduit, the conductor member comprising:

• a longitudinally extending first body having a first contact surface and an opposite face;
• a second body extending from an edge of the first body having a second contact surface opposite the first contact surface, wherein the second body does not extend along or transversely beyond the opposite face;
• wherein the first and second bodies are adapted such that, upon rotational progression of the electrical contact between the first and second contact surfaces in a first direction, the first and second contact surfaces are brought into engagement with the electrical contact such that the electrical contact is retained, and upon rotational progression of the electrical contact between the first and second contact surfaces in a second direction, the electrical contact is disengaged from the first and second contact surfaces;
• wherein the first contact surface is planar and the second contact surface is segmented;
• wherein the second body comprises a plurality of longitudinally space apart resilient ribs.