Patent ID: 6062919
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:a cylindrical housing formed of an electrically conductive material, the housing having at least one open end and including an interior wall defining a socket for receiving an electrically conductive pin; anda contact cage formed of an electrically conductive material and concentrically disposed within the socket in electrical communication with the interior wall of the housing, the contact cage having a cylindrically rolled configuration and comprising two sets of resilient beams supported by longitudinal strips, a first set of the two sets offset from a second set of the two sets, the second set of the two sets displaced relative to the first set transversely along a distance between the longitudinal strips, each of the resilient beams including a protruding section extending radially inwardly for electrical communication to the electrically conductive pin receivable in the socket.