Electrical contact
View Patent ↗The electrical contact may include a center portion, a first spring arm and a second spring arm. The center portion may include a retention member, The second spring arm may include a looped end.
1. An electrical contact comprising:
a center portion defining an upper end and a lower end, the center portion includes a retention member;
a first spring arm extending at an angled relationship upwards from the upper end, the first spring arm includes a first land surface and a second contact surface;
a second spring arm extending from the lower end and terminating in a looped end;
the second spring arm includes a second land surface;
a bellows leg extending generally downward from the first land surface; the bellows
leg includes a first contact surface proximate to the second contact surface; whereby
deflection of the first spring arm presses the first and second contact surfaces together.
2. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the looped end comprises the second land surface.
3. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the looped end loops along a generally circular path back towards the second spring arm and terminates proximate thereto.
4. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the looped end is generally closed and thereby generally precluded from hooking other objects.
5. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the retention members extend down a substantial length of the second spring arm.
6. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the retention members extend outwardly from the sides of the center portion and extend down to the looped end.