Patent ID: 6872096
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical one-piece double-ended receptacle contact made from a material having good spring properties, the contact being tubular and comprising: first and second socket contact portions at opposed axial ends of the receptacle contact for receiving respective first and a second mating pin contacts; a compliant middle section interconnecting the two socket contact portions; an axial slot extending along a tube wall; first and a second circumferential slots extending generally transverse to the axial slot, said circumferential slots being axially spaced from each other by the compliant middle section, each of said circumferential slots having a first circumferential end which separates the middle section from the associated one of the socket contact portions, and a closed second circumferential end which has a predetermined circumferential distance from the axial slot; first and second webs respectively connecting the middle section to the associated one of the socket contact portions near the associated second circumferential end; the axial length of the middle section and the circumferential and axial extensions of the webs being dimensioned to allow three axis compliance of the receptacle contact at least reducing relative movements between the socket contact portions and the mated pin contacts.