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Abstract

An electrical connector serves to connect first and second opposed flex circuits. A female member supports a second of the flex circuits formed with a plurality of raised contact features. A male member supports a first of the flex circuits formed with a plurality of contact pads. A resilient pad received in a cavity in the surface of the female member underlies the second flex circuit and biases the raised contact features away from the female member. The male member is movable in a forward direction from a first position whereat the contact feature and the contact pad are disengaged through a second position whereat the contact feature and the contact pad are initially engaged at a first location to a third position compressing the resilient pad toward said female member. Surfaces of the male and female member supporting the contact pad and contact feature, respectively, are parallel and angularly disposed relative to the direction of movement of the male member whereby the contact feature is wiped across the contact pad from the first location to a second location spaced from the first location as the male member moves from the second position to the third position. In a preferred construction, the male surface is v-shaped, including first and second branches which meet along a ridge and the female surface is similarly v-shaped, including first and second branches which meet along a groove.

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