Patent ID: 7862391
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G01R,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A spring contact assembly comprising: a first contact member having a tail portion having a flat contact surface along a length of the tail portion; a second contact member having a tail portion having a flat contact surface along a length of the tail portion; and a compression spring having a reduced diameter coil section attached to the first contact member tail portion and the second contact member tail portion, whereby the flat contact surface of the tail portion of the first contact member slidably engages the flat contact surface of the tail portion of the second contact member and increases in contact surface area of the flat contact surfaces during compression of the spring to overcome a torsional spring force on the first contact member and the second contact member; wherein the flat contact surface on the tail portions of the first contact member and the second contact member is parallel and above a midline of a cylindrical tail portion diameter.