Patent ID: 8517777

Claim:
An electrically conductive contact member for an electrical connector, comprising: a terminal portion adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to at least one conductor, the terminal portion having a longitudinal centerline (M 1 ), a contact portion adapted to contact a mating contact portion of a mating connector, the contact portion having a longitudinal centerline (M 2 ), a spring portion that electrically connects the terminal portion to the contact portion, the contact portion being supported by the spring portion elastically displaceable from a resting position to a displacement position, and a holding portion coupled to the terminal portion that comprises a stop portion and a support section, the support section extends substantially in a displacement direction and couples the terminal portion to the stop portion, the holding portion further comprising a picking platform protruding from the stop portion substantially in the direction of a spring bend of the spring portion, and being profiled for attachment of a pick-up head, wherein the stop portion provides a stop against which, in the resting position, the spring portion is pressed, wherein the spring portion, in the displacement position, is spaced apart from the stop portion and picking platform, and wherein the lateral distance between the longitudinal centerline (M 2 ) of the contact portion and an inner side of the support section is greater than the lateral distance between the longitudinal centerline (M 1 ) of the terminal portion and the inner side of the support section.