Patent ID: 6851954

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: (a) a first connection unit, said first connection unit comprising a first insulative base having a first side and a second side; (b) a first elongated contact mounted within said first connection unit, said first elongated contact comprising a first cantilever, said first elongated contact extending generally from said first side to said second side of said first insulative base, (c) a first solder portion, said first elongated contact being fused to said first solder portion, said first solder portion positioned adjacent said first side of said first insulative base; (d) a second connection unit, said second connection unit comprising a second insulative base having a first side and a second side; (e) a second elongated contact mounted within said second connection unit, said second elongated contact comprising a second cantilever, said second elongated contact extending generally from said first side to said second side of said second insulative base, (f) a second solder portion, said second elongated contact being fused to said second solder portion, said solder portion positioned adjacent said first side of said second insulative base; (g) wherein said first and said second elongated contacts each provide respective restoring forces upon deflection of said first cantilever against said second cantilever, wherein said first elongated contact and said second elongated contact are resiliently held in conductive electrical union; (h) wherein said first and second connection units are interchangeable; and (i) wherein the first insulative base comprises a first edge, said first edge providing interlocking projections capable of mating with corresponding interlocking projections from a third insulative base to form an array.