A contact and a connecting apparatus are provided to enable miniaturization and shortening and cost reduction in response to further miniaturization and finer pitch of inspection objects. The contact is one electrically for contacting a terminal of a wire and includes a one-side plunger portion, an other-side...http://www.google.de/patents/US20080315893?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080315893 - Contact and connecting apparatus