Patent ID: 7815473

Claim:
An array of plural contacts electrically contacting corresponding wire terminals, wherein each contact comprises: a one-side plunger portion; an other-side plunger portion; and an elastic deformation portion provided between said plunger portions, wherein said plural contacts extend in parallel in a first direction; wherein said elastic deformation portion is a single annular and conductive elastic member integrally connected to said one-side plunger portion and said other-side plunger portion; wherein the lengths of adjacent one-side plunger portions are different whereby adjacent elastic deformation portions of said plural contacts are arranged offset from each other in the first direction, without contacting each other and in a zigzag pattern extending in a second direction which is transverse to the first direction; and wherein said adjacent elastic deformation portions each have a dimension extending in the second direction, the elastic deformation portions overlapping in said dimension.