Socket type contact assembly

A method of making a contact comprising the steps of:

• stamping from a single piece of metal a generally rectangular member having a plurality of fingers extending from one end, a groove in the opposite end portion, and a plurality of elongated slots located in said groove and having their longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of said rectangular member;
• forming said piece of metal into a tubular member with said fingers extending from one end, a wire receiving portion extending from the opposite end;
• heating said tubular member to obtain a desired resiliency of said fingers;
• mounting a copper sleeve in said groove;
• telescopically mounting a sleeve to said wire receiving portion;
• and
• telescopically mounting a sleeve around said fingers.

In combination with an electrical socket type contact assembly of the type having:

• an inner sleeve stamped and formed from a single sheet of metal, said sleeve having a front mating portion, a rear wire receiving portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending slots, and a plurality of axially extending fingers in the front mating portion of the sleeve, said fingers resiliently deflectable in a radial direction;
• an intermediate sleeve telescopically mounted over said inner sleeve;
• and an outer sleeve telescopically mounted on the front portion of said intermediate sleeve, said outer sleeve having an enlarged portion that includes a forwardly facing shoulder, the improvement comprising:
• a groove in the rear wire receiving portion of said inner sleeve with said elongated slots located in said groove;
• and
• a ferrule located in said groove.