Removable pin and socket connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING: A METAL CONTACT MEMBER, AND A SPLIT SLEEVE SPRING MEMBER DISPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ABOUT SAID CONTACT MEMBER; WHEREIN SAID CONTACT MEMBER INCLUDES, IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT, A MATING PORTION FOR ENGAGING A MATING CONTACT, A BODY PORTION, A CONDUCTOR RECEIVING PORTION, AND A FIRST AND A SECOND ANNULAR FLANGE ON SAID BODY PORTION AXIALLY SPACED A GIVEN DISTANCE APART; SAID BODY PORTION FURTHER INCLUDING A FIRST SUBPORTION OF A GIVEN DIAMETER AND A SECOND SUBPORTION OF LESS THAN SAID GIVEN DIAMETER, EACH DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FLANGES; AND WHEREIN SAID SPRING MEMBER IS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FLANGES, THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF ENGAGING RESPECTIVELY SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND FLANGES TO PREVENT AXIAL DISPLACEMENT THEREOF, AND THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID SPLIT SLEEVE IS EQUAL TO SAID GIVEN DIAMETER; SAID SPRING MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED RESILIENT FINGERS FORMED THEREIN EXTENDING OVER SAID SECOND SUBPORTION OF SAID BODY, EACH FINGER HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING RADIAL PROJECTION THEREON INCLUDING A SLOPING CAMMING SURFACE FOR DEFLECTING SAID FINGERS INWARDLY TOWARD SAID SECOND SUBPORTION IN RESPONSE TO AN AXIAL FORCE APPLIED THERETO.