Electrical interconnect contact system

Apparatus for electrically interconnecting a lead of a device to a terminal spaced at a distance from the lead, comprising:

• (a) a housing, said housing having at least one contact receiving slot formed therein, said housing having a surface intersected by said at least one contact receiving slot, said at least one contact receiving slot extending substantially parallel to an axis extending between a corresponding lead and spaced terminal;
• (b) a first elastomeric element carried by said housing such that said first elastomeric element extends across the at least one contact receiving slot;
• (c) a second elastomeric element carried by said housing such that said second elastomeric element extends across the at least one contact receiving slot;
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• (d) a contact received within said at least one contact receiving slot, said contact engagable by the lead and further engagable by the spaced terminal, said contact capturing, and being suspended by, said first elastomeric element and said second elastomeric element, wherein said contact comprises a first hook member for capturing said first elastomeric element and a second hook member for capturing said second elastomeric element, wherein said first hook member of said contact encircles said first elastomeric element to hold said contact to said first elastomeric element, wherein said second hook member of said contact encircles said second elastomeric element to hold said contact to said second elastomeric element, wherein said contact comprises a protrusion for contacting the lead, and a nub for contacting the spaced terminal, wherein said protrusion is positioned proximal said first hook member such that, as said contact is engaged by the lead, said first elastomeric element deforms to permit relative rotation of said contact, thereby providing wiping action of said protrusion across the lead of the device and said nub across said spaced terminal, and wherein said nub comprises an elongated hub extending downward, said spaced terminal contacting a side of said elongated nub, said side being adjacent to said protrusion, as said contact is engaged by the lead, said first elastomeric element deforms to permit relative rotation of said contact, thereby providing wiping action of said protrusion across the lead of the device, said relative rotation further providing increased force and a wiping action by said extended nub to said spaced terminal;
• (e) wherein, as said contact is engaged by the lead, at least one of said first and second elastomeric elements deforms to permit movement of said contact.