Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONTACT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED METALLIC BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICAL BORE IN A FIRST, FORWARD END AND TERMINATING SHORT OF THE SECOND, REAR END OF THE BODY, AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOT IN THE WALL THEREOF AROUND SAID BORE, SAID SLOT AT ONE END TERMINATING ADJACENT THE CLOSED END OF THE BORE AND AT THE OTHER END TERMINATING ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF SAID BORE, THE SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE THROUGHOUT AN EXTENDED ZONE, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RESILIENT BIMETALLIC CONTACT STRIP DISPOSED IN THE SLOT AND TRANSVERSELY SPANNING THE INTERSECTION OF THE BORE AND SLOT, SAID STRIP COMPRISING TWO GENERALLY FLAT LEAF SPRINGS HAVING DIFFERENT THERMAL COEFFICIENTS OF EXPANSION AND BEING ADAPTED TO BEND IN RESPONSE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES TO COMPENSATE FOR THERMAL EXPANSION OF SAID BODY, AND A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE CLOSELY SURROUNDING SAID BODY AND OVERLYING SAID STRIP TO RETAIN THE LATTER IN OPERATIVE POSITION IN THE SLOT, THE WIDTH OF SAID RESILIENT STRIP BEING SUCH THAT THE SIDE EDGES THEREOF ENGAGE THE INNER WALLS OF SAID SLEEVE ADJACENT THE BASE OF SAID SLOT, WHEREBY SAID STRIP RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIVELY ENGAGES A PIN CONTACT HAVING A CLOSE SLIDING FIT IN SAID BORE.