Patent ID: 6979219

Claim:
An electrical contact for a connector comprising: a contact body, said contact body defining a contact plane and a longitudinal contact axis, said contact body comprising a contact mounting end for attaching said contact to a circuit board, a mating end to mate with a mating contact, and a backbone section including first and second opposite edges longitudinally extending between said mating and mounting ends, said mating end including first and second contact beams laterally extending from said first edge and longitudinally displaced from one another along said longitudinal axis; and wherein each said first and second contact beams include a substantially perpendicular first bend proximate said first edge, a contact tip, and an arcuate section between said contact tip and said first bend, said arcuate sections receiving said mating contact, and wherein said first bend of said first contact beam is opposite in direction from said first bend of said second contact beam.