Patent ID: 8523579

Claim:
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 and a flange adjacent the tail portion; a second contact member having a tail portion having a flat contact surface along a length of the tail portion engaging the tail portion of the first contact member, and a flange adjacent the tail portion; and a compression spring attached to the first contact member tail portion and the second contact member tail portion between the flange of each of the first and second contact members, 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 surfaces during compression of the spring; whereby at least one of the first contact members or the second contact members has a contact tip providing four distinct contact points with a test site location; and wherein the second contact member comprises two pieces each having two contact points on the contact tip.