Electrical contact
An electrical contact having a conductor connecting portion and a contact portion at each end, respectively, includes contact leaves arranged side by side and connected together at common edges thereof via a resilient connecting portion; engaging grooves formed on the contact leaves, respectively, and extending toward the conductor connecting portion from a front end thereof; and a pair of beveled contact surfaces respectively formed on side edges of a pair of opposed inner surfaces of each engaging groove. The pair of beveled contact surfaces come into surface contact with a corresponding pair of beveled contact surfaces of the mating electrical contact when the engaging grooves of the electrical contact are engaged with corresponding engaging grooves of the mating electrical contact upon the electrical contact being connected to the mating electrical contact.
1. An electrical contact having a conductor connecting portion and a contact portion at one and the other ends of said electrical contact, respectively, said conductor connecting portion being connected to a conductor, and said contact portion being connected to a mating electrical contact, wherein said contact portion comprises:
a plurality of contact leaves which are arranged side by side, each adjacent two of said contact leaves being connected together at common edges thereof via a resilient connecting portion;
a plurality of engaging grooves formed on said plurality of contact leaves, respectively, each of said plurality of engaging grooves extending toward said conductor connecting portion from a front end of each said of plurality of contact leaves, respectively; and
a pair of beveled contact surfaces which are respectively formed on side edges of a pair of opposed inner surfaces of each of said plurality of engaging grooves, each of said pair of beveled contact surfaces being angled relative to a direction of thickness of each of said plurality of contact leaves,
wherein said pair of beveled contact surfaces come into surface contact with a corresponding pair of beveled contact surfaces of said mating electrical contact when said electrical contact is connected to said mating electrical contact; and
wherein said conductor connecting portion is formed from a single metal plate.
2. The electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of contact leaves comprise a pair of contact leaves.
3. The electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein said conductor comprises an electrical wire, and
wherein said conductor connecting portion comprises a pair of swageable connecting lugs which are connected to an end of said electrical wire.
4. The electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein said pair of beveled contact surfaces are each angled at an approximately 45 degrees relative to said direction of thickness of each of said plurality of contact leaves.
5. A connector having said electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein said connector comprises an insulator having an accommodation hole in which said electrical contact is accommodated.
6. The connector according to claim 5 , further comprising a holding portion, formed in said accommodation hole, for holding said electrical contact in said accommodation hole, and
wherein said accommodation hole of said insulator is shaped to allow said contact portion to slightly move within said accommodation hole upon said electrical contact being connected to said connector.
7. The electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein said mating electrical contact is identical in shape and size to said electrical contact.
8. The electrical contact according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of contact leaves is bifurcated to have a pair of prongs between which associated one of said plurality of engaging grooves is formed.