Electrical contact for mating with male tab contacts - has two opposed pairs of resilient contact arms defining mutually perpendicular male-contact-receiving slots

摘要

The electrical contact has a contact portion with two opposed pairs (20,21) of resilient contact arms (22). Each arm (22) presents a first contact surface (23) to the opposed arm of the other pair, and a second contact surface (24) to the other arm (22) of the same pair. The two pairs of opposed first contact surfaces (23) define a first male-contact-receiving slot. The two pairs of opposed second contact surfaces define a second male-contact-receiving slot which is perpendicular to the first male-contact-receiving slot. The contact comprises two similar plates (3,4) arranged in spaced parallel planes, the plates being joined by two bridging strips (5,6) extending between the plates.. Several contacts of the same form can be mounted in a common housing in the same orientation. This makes connection of conductors to the conductor connection portions of the contacts easy when these portions are slotted plates. So the connector can be mated with an array of male tab contacts in which the tabs are arranged in mutually perpendicular planes, as in automobile headlight bulbs.