Claims
- 1. A method for producing an electrical socket contact for receiving an electrical contact pin, comprising the steps of:
- a. stamping sheet metal stock to define at least one socket contact blank containing a support structure and two opposed cantilevered contact beams spaced apart by a spacing contact beam, each contact beam extending from the support structure to a pin-receiving end;
- b. forming a retention means attaching to the support structure and extending opposite the pin-receiving end;
- c. forming an embossment on each opposed contact beam adjacent and approximately equidistant from the pin-receiving end for contacting the outer diameter of a contact pin;
- d. forming the opposed sides of the blank to form a U-shaped body;
- e. folding the opposed contact beams toward each other along the axis of the U-shaped body such that the maximum distance between the embossments is less than the diameter of the contact pin, and such that the opposed contact beams are positioned to mechanically and electrically engage the inserted pin.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/677,778, filed on Mar. 29, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,151,056, issued Sep. 29, 1992.
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