Patent ID: 7481671

Claim:
A thin foil metal contact assembly, comprising a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of guides, and a pair of opposed sides, each side including a plurality of apertures, the apertures on each side of the pair corresponding to apertures on the opposed side; a plurality of L-shaped metal contacts having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, the vertical leg of each contact positioned in one of the apertures of the housing and extending from the housing bottom surface, the horizontal leg of each contact extending adjacent to the housing top surface; a metallic foil having a plurality of strips of a predetermined width and predetermined thickness of 0.005″ and less extending across a pair of opposed bands, each of the strips of the metallic foil in contact with the horizontal leg of a pair of contacts, the pair of contacts on opposed sides of the housing; the foil guided into position on the horizontal legs by the guides; a beam having a top surface and a bottom surface, a portion of the bottom surface in contact with the metallic foil to secure each strip against each contact; and wherein the beam is secured to the housing.