Patent ID: 9088083
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A contact comprising: a contact body including a tip, a spring beam opposite the tip and a shoulder between the tip and the spring beam; a plunger movable with respect to the contact body, the plunger having a tip and a shoulder; and a biasing member contained by the shoulders of the contact body and the plunger, the biasing member imparting a biasing force on the shoulder of the plunger, the biasing member being compressed as the plunger moves relative to the contact body; wherein the spring beam engages the plunger between the tip and the shoulder of the plunger and is spring biased against the plunger to electrically couple the contact body and the plunger, an electrical path being defined from the tip of the plunger to the spring beam and to the tip of the contact body, the electrical path being routed outside of the biasing member; and wherein the contact body, between the tip and the shoulder, extends along a contact plane, and the plunger, between the tip and the shoulder, extends along the contact plane, the shoulders being angled out of the contact plane to form a pocket therebetween that is shifted to one side of the contact plane, the biasing member being positioned in the pocket such that the biasing member is shifted to the side and outside of the contact plane.