Electrical connectors

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC CONNECTOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINTION, A RECEPTACLE CONSISTING OF A PERIPHERAL FRAME INCLUDING OPPOSED UPRIGHT WALLS AROUND AN OPEN SOCKET WITH A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CHANNELS FORMED ALONG THE INSIDE WALLS OF SAID FRAME; A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY STATIONARY CONNECTOR LEAD WIRES DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION AND LYING WITHIN SAID CHANNELS, WITH ONE END OF EACH OF SAID LEAD WIRES BENT AROUND ONE EDGE OF A WALL OF THE FRAME AND ANCHORED; THE MATING MEMBER OF THE CONNECTOR COMPRISING A PLUG PORTION FITTED WITHIN THE SOCKET WITH A PLUG TACLE FRAME AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS; THE CONTACTS OF SAID PLUG EACH CONSISTING OF A LENGTH OF RESILIENT METALLIC WIRE DOUBLED UPON ITSELF IN A HAIRPIN BEND AT THE EXTREME END OF A BLADE PORTION CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF SIDE-BY-SIDE WIRES, THE BLADE PORTION BEING ALSO FOLDED BACK UPON ITSELF IN A RETURN BEND INTERCONNECTING THE END OF THE BLADE PORTION WITH A FREE-STANDING POST PORTION OF THE CONTACT ALSO COMPRISING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL LENGTHS OF WIRE EXTENDING FROM THE AFORESAID RETURN BEND TO A MOUNTING SHANK PORTION OF THE CONTACT WHEREBY THE PAIRED SIDE-BY-SIDE WIRES FORMING THE BLADE PORTION OF THE CONTACT ARE YIELDABLE IN THREE DEGREES OF FREEDOM, TO CONFORM TO AND ENGAGE A MATING CONTACT BY FLEXING, TWISTING AND SPREADING OF THE CONTACT WIRES.