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Disclosed is a stackable contact system and a contact for use therein. The contact has a tuning fork socket and a cylindrical pin with a bowed compliant middle section for press fitting into a printed circuit board. Multiple contacts are mounted in two insulative housing parts having cavities, apert

Disclosed is a stackable contact system and a contact for use therein. The contact has a tuning fork socket and a cylindrical pin with a bowed compliant middle section for press fitting into a printed circuit board. Multiple contacts are mounted in two insulative housing parts having cavities, apertures and passages for holding the contacts in position. The contact systems may have a printed circuit board sandwiched between them, and multiple layer stacks may be formed.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A contact for use in a stackable connector system for printed circuit boards comprising:said contact having a female end formed in a tuning fork configuration;said contact having a male end of cylindrical configuration; andsaid contact having a compliant middle section wi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A contact for use in a stackable connector system for printed circuit boards comprising:said contact having a female end formed in a tuning fork configuration;said contact having a male end of cylindrical configuration; andsaid contact having a compliant middle section with opposed outwardly projecting integral spring elements for yieldingly engaging the wall of a hole in a printed circuit board, said spring elements, in their unstressed condition, defining an opening between them which is generally lens shaped in profile; said integral spring elements further having rounded outer surfaces for establishing good electrical and mechanical contact with the surface of a plated through hole in said printed circuit board when press fitted into said hole;the female tuning fork end and the male cylindrical end being sized and proportioned to permit mating of a female contact at the male end and a male contact at the female end so that a plurality of contacts may be connected together, andsaid contact further comprising generally planar shoulders positioned between said female tuning fork end and said compliant middle section for mounting engagement with corresponding mounting passage walls in a contact mounting piece.