Patent ID: 8777662

Claim:
A socket assembly for an electrical connector, comprising: a socket core comprising a plurality of arcuate leaf contacts that extend from a base portion of the socket core, the socket core having an inner socket-core surface that defines a receptacle for a pin, each of the arcuate leaf contacts having an inner boundary that forms a portion of the inner socket-core surface and provides electrical contact between the socket core and the pin; and a body having an inner surface about the socket core, a first portion of the inner surface about the base portion of the socket core having a first interior dimension that is sized to contact an outer surface of the base portion, a second portion of the inner surface about the leaf contacts having a second interior dimension that is smaller than the first interior dimension and sized to limit outward radial deflection of the arcuate leaf contacts, wherein the second portion of the inner surface does not abut the arcuate leaf contacts when no pin resides in the receptacle.