Patent ID: 7819708

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a contact block; and a receptacle contact received in the contact block, said receptacle contact comprising first and second contact beams that each extend along a first direction, the receptacle contact defining a center reference line between the first and second contact beams in the first direction, wherein (i) the first contact beam is opposed to the second contact beam in a second direction and is offset from the second contact beam in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, (ii) the first contact beam defines a first indentation and the second contact beam defines a second protrusion at least partially extending toward the first indentation in the third direction and beyond the center reference line such that the protrusion is at least partially received in the first indentation, the second protrusion for contacting a contact element received between the first and second contact beams of the receptacle contact, and (iii) the second contact beam defines a second indentation and the first contact beam defines a first protrusion at least partially extending toward the second indentation, the first protrusion for contacting the contact element.