Patent ID: 8823600

Claim:
A contact assembly suitable for providing a solderless connection between a contact of an antenna mount and a printed circuit board of an antenna assembly mountable to the antenna mount, the contact assembly comprising: a body having an open end portion, a closed end portion, and spaced-apart portions extending outwardly from the closed end portion, the spaced-apart portions having holes therethrough and configured to be positioned about opposite sides of a printed circuit board for aligning the holes of the spaced-apart portions with a hole in the printed circuit board; a fastener configured to be positioned within the aligned holes of the spaced-apart portions of the body and printed circuit board for coupling the contact assembly to the printed circuit board; a contact member having an open end portion and closed end portion, the contact member coupled to the body such that the contact member is slidable at least partially within the open end portion of the body; and a biasing member disposed within the open end portions of the body and the contact member between the closed end portions of the body and the contact member, whereby the biasing member is operable for providing a biasing force for urging the contact member to slide relative to the body in a direction generally away from the closed end portion of the body when the biasing member is compressed between the closed end portions of the contact member and body.