Electrical contact

Claim 1

An electrical contact adapted to be supported on a circuit board having a bore, comprising a. an upright, elongated shank having main extent freely receivable through said bore to project at one side of said board, said shank main extent having a main polygonal cross section to define corners for engagement with the turns of a wire wrapping, b. the shank also having a relatively short portion above said main extent, said short portion having a polygonal cross section larger than the cross section of the shank main extent and defining corners spaced apart to tightly engage said bore when said short portion extends therein, there being at least two downwardly tapering walls on the shank for merging said short portion thereof with said main extent, c. an L-shaped flat metallic strip having an elongated portion extending upwardly from the shank and a laterally forwardly extending crown portion defining a central guide opening, and d. a pair of like, V-shaped flat metallic spring strips each having an outer leg extending upwardly toward the crown portion and an inner leg extending downwardly away from the crown portion, and said legs merging at a sharp fold in relatively close proximity to said crown, said outer legs having rearwardly projecting lower extensions joined to said elongated portion of the L-shaped strip near said short portion of the shank, and Said inner legs tapering downwardly and toward one another between said outer legs to define closely spaced free ends located closer to said extensions than to said crown for contacting a pin guidably inserted through the crown at the opposite side of said board and into position between said free ends.