Electrical terminal connector

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AN ELECTIRCAL TERMINAL CONNECTOR OF THE DOUBLE FEMALE SNAP-TYPE AND ADAPTED AT EITHER END FOR MECHANICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO A PAIR OF BULLET-TYPE MALE SNAP TERMINALS TO JOIN SAID MALE TERMINALS, SAID CONNECTORS COMPRISING: A FIRST LONGITUDINALLY-SLIT TUBULAR CYLINDER; A SECOND AND THIRD SPRING-TENSIONED TUBULAR CYLINDER EACH BEING SLIT AND EACH HAVING A DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THAT OF SAID FIRST CYLINDER, SAID SECOND AND THIRD CYLINDERS BEING COAXIAL WITH AND DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID FIRST CYLINDER AND ADAPTED TO ACT AS END CLAMPS FOR RECEIVING SAID BULLET-TYPE TERMINALS THEREIN; FIRST AND SECOND FRUSTRUM JOINDERS, SAID JOINDERS COMPRISING TAPERED BEVELS JOINING EACH OF SAID SECOND AND SAID THIRD CYLINDERS TO SAID FIRST CYLINDER THEREBETWEEN TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL CONNECTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING SAID FIRST CYLINDER AS AN ENLARGED CENTRAL SECTION WHEREBY SAID TAPERED BEVELS CONSTITUTE CAM MEANS TO FACILITATE THE POSITIONING OF AN EXTENSIBLE PLASTIC INSULATING SLEEVE OVER SAID FIRST CYLINDER OF SAID CONNECTOR AND WHEREBY SAID ENLARGED CENTRAL SECTION OF SAID CONNECTOR STRUCTURE IS EFFECTIVE TO DISTEND SAID SLEEVE POSITIONED THEREOVER TO CLEAR ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID END CLAMPS TO OBVIATE INTEREFERENCE OF SAID SLEEVE WITH INSERTION OF SAID BULLET-TYPE TERMINALS INTO SAID END CLAMPS; SAID FRUSTUM JOINDERS HAVING ARCUATE SLOTS THEREIN AT EITHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST CYLINDER AT THE JUNCTURES THEREOF WITH SAID SECOND AND SAID THIRD CYLINDERS, SAID SLOTS BEING COAXIAL WITH SAID CYLINDERS AND CONSTITUTING BUFFERS AGAINST EXCESSIVE MECHANICAL DISTORTION OF OTHER PORTIONS OF SAID CONNECTOR UPON THE INSERTION OF A BULLET-TYPE TERMINAL INTO ONE OF SAID END CLAMPS AND PROVIDING ARCUATE EDGES EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT INADVERTENT WITHDRAWL OF SAID INSULATING SLEEVE FROM ITS CONNECTOR-ENVELOPING POSITION, SAID FRUSTUM JOINDERS IMPARTING STRUCTURAL STRENGTH TO OFFSET ANY WEAKENING OF SAID CONNECTOR BY SAID ARCUATE SLOTS.