Patent ID: 8876562

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing that defines a bore having an inner surface; a contact with a body portion; and a plurality of flexible beams that extend from the body portion; wherein the body portion defines a cross section that is adjustable between a relaxed position and a flexed position, when the contact is in the relaxed position the contact has a relaxed outer diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the bore, when the contact is in the flexed position the contact has an outer diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the bore, and the contact is disposed within the bore; and wherein either: (a) a base portion of the flexible beams defines a curvature along a first width and a tip portion of the flexible beams defines a flat surface along a second width; (b) the contact further includes a plurality of support legs that extend outwardly from the body portion; or (c) the housing is made of an electrically conductive material, the flexible beams extend inwardly toward one another such that spaces defined between adjacent flexible beams have a constant width along the axial lengths thereof, and the flexible beams include a base portion having a first width and a tip portion having a second width that is smaller than the first width of the base portion.