Patent ID: 8540532

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a connector body supporting a socket assembly, the socket assembly adapted to receive a pin contact therein; the socket assembly comprising: a socket core having a distal portion that includes: a base portion; and a plurality of arcuate leaf contacts, each of the arcuate leaf contacts having a fixed length from the base portion to a distal end of the socket core; and a socket hood having an inner surface surrounding the distal portion of the socket core, the inner surface comprising: a first cylindrical section having a first inner diameter; and a second cylindrical section having a second inner diameter about the arcuate leaf contacts, the second inner diameter abutting the arcuate leaf contacts when no pin contact resides therein, being smaller than the first inner diameter, and defining a range of outward radial deflection of the arcuate leaf contacts when the socket assembly is subjected to shock forces.