Patent ID: 7371096

Claim:
A terminal assembly comprising: an insulating support member; a plurality of female contacts disposed in apertures extending through the insulating support member, each female contact having an end with an opening configured to receive a male contact of a corresponding terminal assembly and an opposite end configured to contact a corresponding electrical contact; and a plurality of male contacts disposed in apertures extending through the insulating support member, each male contact having a first end configured to be received within a female contact of a corresponding terminal assembly and an opposite second end configured to contact a corresponding electrical contact, the first ends of the male contacts extending beyond a surface of the insulating support member; wherein the female contacts and male contacts are disposed in a pattern and at least part of the pattern of female and male contacts comprises a plurality of rows and columns, each row arranged in an alternating sequence of female contacts and male contacts and each column arranged in an alternating sequence of female contacts and male contacts; and the male contacts define a plurality of voids between male contacts, each void extending from a surface of one male contact to a surface of another male contact.