Patent 7806737 was granted and assigned to Methode Electronics (company) on October, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electrical connector includes a first and second array of flexible beams that are overlapped within a hood and that define a substantially cylindrically cavity for receiving a mating connector. Contact areas of each of the flexible beams may be shaped to define multiple contact points, thus increasing the overall area available for current to pass.