Patent ID: 7607952

Claim:
A compressible electrical contact comprising: a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a tail portion extending from the first end of the corrugated portion; and a nose portion extending from the second end of the corrugated portion; wherein (i) the electrical contact is stamped from a sheet of electrically-conductive material, the sheet having a thickness, (ii) the corrugated portion defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, (iii) each of the first and second surfaces has a respective width that is defined by the thickness of the sheet of electrically-conductive material, (iv) the corrugated portion defines a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces, and a fourth surface, opposite the third surface, also extending between the first and second surfaces, (v) each of the third and fourth surfaces has a width that is greater than the widths of the first and second surfaces, and (vi) a plurality of corrugations are formed in the third and fourth surfaces.