Electrical connector apparatus

Claim 1

A PLUGGABLE UNIT STRUCTURE FOR USE WITH A BASE STRUCTURE HAVING TWO ELECTRICALLY INSULATED SUPPORTS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, IN SPACED RELATION TO DEFINE A CABLEWAY THEREBETWEEN, A PLURALITY OF FIXED TERMINAL MEMBERS MOUNTED IN A ROW ON EACH SAID INSULATING SUPPORT IN SPACED RELATION ONE TO ANOTHER, EACH SAID FIXED TERMINAL MEMBER INCLUDING A CONNECTOR MEMBER, A TERMINAL SCREW DISPOSED IN THREADED RELATION TO SAID CONNECTOR MEMBER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID CABLEWAY TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR IN SECURED ELECTRICAL RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID FIXED TERMINAL, AND A RIVETED CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT UPPER SURFACE, AND SECURING SAID CONNECTOR MEMBER TO SAID INSULATING SUPPORT AT A POINT MORE REMOTE FROM SAID CABLEWAY THAN SAID TERMINAL SCREW, AND AN ELECTRICAL INSULATOR BARRIER CARRIED BY SAID BASE HOUSING AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID TERMINAL SCREW AND SAID CONTACT SURFACE, SAID PLUGGABLE UNIT STRUCTURE INCLUDING A CHASSIS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED IN POSITION WITHIN SAID BASE HOUSING, SAID CHASSIS CARRYING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, TWO ROWS OF MOVABLE TERMINAL MEMBERS SECURED IN POSITION CORRESPONDING TO SAID FIXED TERMINAL MEMBERS TO SAID CHASSIS, EACH SAID MOVABLE TERMINAL MEMBER INCLUDING A CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AND A SECOND PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID FIRST PORTION, THE UNSUPPORTED END OF SAID SECOND PORTION EXTENDING TO ENGAGE A CONTACT SURFACE OF A COOPERATING FIXED TERMINAL IN SAID BASE HOUSING WHEN SAID CHASSIS IS POSITIONED WITH SAID BASE HOUSING AND SAID SECOND PORTION BEING URGED INTO STRESSED CONDITION TO COMPLETE AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE TERMINAL SCREW OF SAID FIXED TERMINAL MEMBER AND THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE TERMINAL MEMBER WHEN SAID CHASSIS IS SECURED IN SAID BASE HOUSING.