Patent ID: 8864535

Claim:
An electrical poke-in contact to be housed in a connector, the poke-in contact comprising: a mating member receiving section, the mating member receiving section configured to mate with a mating member to provide an electrical connection there between; a wire receiving section, the wire receiving section having a first contact section and a second contact section, the first and second contact sections configured for receiving respective wires therein, the first and second contact sections are oriented to receive the respective wires from different directions, the first contact section having a first deflectable contact beam which extends obliquely from a first side wall, the second contact section having a second deflectable contact beam which extends obliquely from a second side wall, the first contact section being formed from the first deflectable contact beam and the second side wall, the second contact section being formed from the second deflectable contact beam and the first side wall; wherein varied orientation of the first and second contact sections of the wire receiving section allows the respective wires to be inserted into the poke-in contact from different directions, allowing the poke-in contact to be used with various housing designs of the connector.