Patent ID: 8753153

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing made, at least in part, from an electrically conductive material comprising a bore and a groove located within the bore, said groove comprising two sidewalls and a bottom wall located therebetween; a pin made from an electrically conductive material comprising an elongated body positioned within the bore; and a canted coil spring positioned in the groove of the housing and contacting the pin, the canted coil spring comprising a plurality of canted coils generally canted in a first direction relative to a centerline extending through the coils; wherein at least two of the plurality of canted coils, each when viewed in a direction of the centerline, comprises a curved first section along a first path and defining a first contact surface area when contacting a flat surface, the first section being formed continuously with a second section bent in a second direction defining a second path different from the first path so as to define a second contact surface area that is larger than the first contact surface area between the second section and at least one of the housing and the pin.