Patent ID: 7740511

Claim:
A contact, comprising: a support lying in a first plane and having an arm joint and a support plate, the arm joint and support plate distinguished from each other by a bend with the support plate extending substantially perpendicular to the arm joint; a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact; a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact; a first spring and a second spring, each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and each extending along a second plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction, the first spring and the second spring elastically supporting the support in the facing direction, the first and second arms being bent from the arm joint of the support and the first and second springs bent from the support plate; and a mount lying in the first plane and connecting the first spring to the second spring; wherein one set of ends of the first and second springs are connected to the support while the other ends of the first and second springs are connected to the mount.