Patent ID: 8366451

Claim:
A contact arrangement comprising: a blade contact which has opposite faces; a plurality of fork contacts ( 15 ) that each comprises a primarily plate-shaped piece of conductive material having a slot ( 17 ) that forms a pair of spring legs ( 27 , 28 ) with free forward ends ( 27 e , 28 e ) forming contact points ( 29 , 30 ) and with rearward ends that merge into a base area ( 25 ); said blade contact lying in said slots of said plurality of fork contacts with the spring leg forward ends lying against opposite faces of said blade contact; said plurality of fork contacts lying in at least one stack with each fork contact lying facewise against an adjacent fork contact in the stack; said fork contacts have cylindrical holes ( 26 ) in their base areas and including a carrier ( 16 ) with a cylindrical outside surface that has an axis ( 52 ) and that projects closely through said cylindrical holes in said fork contact base areas to confine said fork contacts to pivoting about said axis ( 52 ).