Patent ID: 6986669

Claim:
A contact member comprising: a thin sheet conductive member, and an elastomeric body, wherein the thin sheet member comprises; a base part of which at least a portion can be mounted to a surface of a printed circuit board; a contact part which is provided to establish an electrical connection between a contact element and the surface of the printed circuit board; and a supporting spring part which is connected to the base part and to the contact part and supports the contact part in such a manner that the contact part can be deformed in a direction perpendicular to a plane containing the portion of the base part which can be mounted to the surface of a printed circuit board; the elastomeric body is disposed between the base part and the contact part and the elastomeric body is attached to the supporting spring part by allowing a portion of the thin sheet member to penetrate inside of the elastomeric body; wherein the elastomeric body is provided with a cavity located at least partially between the contact part and the base part and the cavity is open to at least three surfaces or the elastomeric body.