Abstract: A machined socket contact comprises a contact section having a cavity therein for receiving a male pin terminal. The contact section comprises slots extending alternately from opposite sides of the contact section and intersecting the cavity. The slots make the contact section supple in the bending direction such that the contact section can be inserted into a curved housing cavity section for receiving complementary curved male pins which are mated to the sockets by relative pivoting motion between the complementary pin and socket. The transverse slots enable the socket contact to be manufactured in a cost-effective manner whilst ensuring that the cavity profile remains relatively undeformed when bent into the curved shape. Plastic bending of a rigid cylinder with a cavity therein, would result in deformation of the cavity cross-sectional profile and would also be very expensive to manufacture.