Patent ID: 6909056

Claim:
A compliant electrical contact assembly adapted to provide a temporary electrical connection between a conduction point of a first electrical device and a conduction point of a second electrical device, said electrical devices being compressed together by a compression force in a direction of compression with said assembly therebetween, said assembly comprising: (a) at least one compliant electrical contact, said contact including a length of wire composed of an electrically conductive, inherently elastic material, said wire being formed into a coil having at least slightly more than one loop and a coil axis, said coil axis being at an angle from said direction of compression, and said contact having generally opposed contact points for electrical connection with said conduction points; and (b) a dielectric panel having a through aperture with an axis for each of said at least one electrical contact, said contact being captured in said aperture, said aperture having opposed openings through which said contact points extend, and said aperture being sized to permit said coil to compress and expand as said compression force is applied and removed.