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Abstract

An electrical connector includes a base and a contact and retains a generally longitudinally extending pin therein. The base has a surface and defines an aperture that extends from the surface thereinto. The aperture has a contact-receiving portion and a pin-receiving portion arranged adjacent one another along the surface. The pin is initially received in the pin-receiving portion and is then moved along a pin path generally parallel to the surface into the contact-receiving portion. A protrusion extends from the base into the aperture from a first side of the pin path in a direction generally perpendicular thereto. The contact is retained within the contact-receiving portion and has first and second beams that extend generally perpendicular to the surface of the base. The first beam has a first-contacted surface generally residing on a second side of the pin path generally opposite the first side thereof. The first-contacted surface is relatively closer to the protrusion along the pin path. The second beam has a second-contacted surface generally residing on the first side of the pin path. The second-contacted surface is relatively farther from the protrusion along the pin path. The pin is retained at a positive resting position defined by being in contact with the first beam, the second beam, and the protrusion.

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