Patent ID: 7806699

Claim:
A multi-contact electrical connector, the connector comprising: a plurality of conductive coils that each comprise one or more loops of conductive wire, each loop having a first bight; a retaining element extending through interior regions of corresponding ones of the conductive coils; and a body adapted to position the plurality of conductive coils, the body defining a plurality of channels extending from one surface of the body to another surface of the body, each of the channels configured to receive respective ones of the conductive coils, and the body further defining a slot extending from one of the surfaces of the body and intersecting corresponding ones of the channels, the slot configured to receive the retaining element; wherein each of the plurality of conductive coils is adapted and positioned to elastically deform due to contact between the first bight of each wire loop and a first mating element providing an elastic normal contact force between the first bight of each wire loop and the first mating element when the connector is engaged with the first mating element.