Electrical connectors

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, IN COMBINATION, A BODY MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE SLIDE SURFACE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A MATING CONNECTOR, TOGETHER WITH A PLURALITY OF CONNECTOR CONTACTS EACH CONSISTING OF A SINGLE, PERFORMED LENGTH OF METALLIC WIRE OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND HAVING A MOUNTING SHANK SECURED IN SAID BODY, WITH TERMINAL PORTIONS ON EACH OF SAID CONTACTS EXTENDING FROM THE BODY OF THE CONNECTOR AND WITH EACH CONTACT HAVING A BLADE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE ANOTHER CONTACT AND CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED BOWED PORTION OF THE WIRE RECEIVED WITHIN A RELATIVELY DEEP, NARROW, TAPERED CHANNEL IN THE SLIDE SURFACE OF THE AFORESAID BODY MEMBER, WITH THE CONTACT BOW HAVING ITS OPPOSITE ENDS SEATED AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHANNEL AND CENTERED BETWEEN DIVERGENT WALLS THEREOF; WITH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BLADE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF SMOOTHLY CURVED IN A CONVEX CONTOUR WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY AND WITH ITS CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY OUT OF THE TAPERED CONTACT CHANNEL AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE SLIDE SURFACE OF THE AFORESAID BODY.