High contact force pin-receiving electrical contact

摘要

A high contact force pin-receiving electrical terminal (10) includes a channel-shaped base (22) joined to a forward pin engaging structure (26) with a generally box-shaped pin receiving region. The pin engaging structure has a pair of spaced apart beams (37) extending forwardly of the base (22) to generally define opposed sides of the box-shaped region with opposed pin contacting surfaces (40) for slidably engaging an inserted pin terminal (66). A resilient beam support member (42) extends between and mechanically interconnects the forward, free ends (44) of the beams (37) to generally define a third side of the box-shaped region. A shroud (52) extends forwardly of the base (22) about at least portions of the beams to protect the beams (37) during handling. <IMAGE>