Patent ID: 8251755

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing comprising a front end with a channel inwardly extending from the front end; a contact disposed in the channel, the contact elongated along a longitudinal axis and including a mating end and an interface end; an angled interface slidably coupled to the interface end of the contact, the angled interface comprising a sliding surface oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis; a first resilient member coupled with the contact and the housing, the first resilient member configured to apply a first force to the contact in a direction that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis; and a second resilient member coupled with the contact between the mating end and the interface end, the second resilient member applying a second force on the mating end toward the conductive element when the interface end slides along the angled interface, wherein the mating end of the contact engages a conductive element of a mating connector and the interface end of the contact slides along the sliding surface of the angled interface when the contact is moved in a mating direction toward the conductive element, the angled interface translating movement of the contact in the mating direction into lateral movement with respect to the mating direction across the conductive element.