Stackable connector assembly

An electrical connector for providing a plurality of contact paths between a common conductive area of at least one first electrical article and a corresponding common conductive area of at least one second electrical article, said connector comprising:

• a plurality of terminal members, each said terminal member including a plate-like body portion having at least one first contact section adapted to electrically engage a corresponding first electrical article and at least one second contact section adapted to engage a corresponding second electrical article, the thickness of the material forming the terminal body portion being substantially thicker than the thickness of the material forming the at least first contact portion, at least one of said first and second contact sections being bifurcated to engage opposed surfaces of the corresponding electrical article to be mated thereto, said bifurcated contact section including compliant beams coextending in parallel from side edges of a common body section, said body section having a width that is greater than the thickness of the electrical article to which said bifurcated contact section is to be mated;
• each said terminal member further including integral spacing means for spacing respective body portions of adjacent terminal members from each other, said spacing means being defined by said thicker body portion;
• and
• means for securing said body portions of said terminal members together to form a stacked array;
• whereby
• upon electrically engaging respective ones of each said at least one first contact section of said plurality of terminal members with said corresponding first electrical article and respective ones of each said at least one second contact section of said plurality of terminal members with corresponding said second electrical article, said terminal members provide a plurality of paths for current flow between said common area of said first electrical article and said common area of said second electrical article.