Electrical contact socket

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT SOCKET ADAPTED FOR MATING WITH A CONTACT PIN AND COMPRISING A TUBULAR MEMBER OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A BORE THEREIN WITH FRONT AND REAR ENDS, THE FRONT END OF THE BORE BEING OPEN, AND STOP MEANS AT THE REAR END OF THE BORE, THE WALL OF THE BORE ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF HAVING AN ELONGATED RAISED PORTION SPACED FORWARDLY OF SAID STOP MEANS SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ELEVATED SURFACE WHICH THE CONTACT PIN MAY ENGAGE, THE WALL OF THE BORE ON SAID ONE SIDE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID RAISED PORTION AND SAID STOP MEANS BEING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO SAID RAISED PORTION AND FORMING A SIDE POCKET, WITH THE WALL OF THE BORE BETWEEN SAID RAISED AND OFFSET PORTIONS PRESENTING A REARWARDLY FACING SHOULDER, AND AN ELONGATED, UNITARY LEAF SPRING MEMBER LODGED IN SAID BORE AND COMPRISING A RELATIVELY LONG SECTION AND A RELATIVELY SHORT SECTION JOINED TOGETHER BY AN END SECTION, SAID END SECTION BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID STOP MEANS AND BEING ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH TO RESIST REARWARD AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING MEMBER IN THE BORE, SAID RELATIVELY SHORT SECTION EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID END SECTION IN SAID SIDE POCKET WITH THE FORWARD END OF SAID RELATIVELY SHORT SECTION DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID SHOULDER IN THE BORE WHEREBY SAID RELATIVELY SHORT SECTION WILL NOT OBSTRUCT INSERTION OF THE CONTACT PIN INTO THE BORE BEYOND THE RAISED PORTION OF THE BORE, AND SAID RELATIVELY LONG SECTION EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID END SECTION ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WALL OF THE BORE FROM SAID RAISED PORTION, SAID LONG SECTION BEING FORMED WITH A BOW PROJECTING CONVEXLY TOWARD THE AXIS OF THE BORE, WHEREBY A CONTACT PIN INSERTED THROUGH THE OPEN FRONT END INTO THE BORE OF THE TUBE WILL ENCOUNTER THE BOW OF THE LEAF SPRING MEMBER AND BE URGED BY THE LATTER DIAMETRICALLY OF THE TUBULAR BORE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID RAISED PORTION OF THE WALL OF THE BORE.