Front release contact retention device

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR UNIT COMPRISING AN INSULATION BODY HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH WITH A FRONT END AND A REAR END; A CONTACT TERMINAL MEMBER DISPOSED IN SAID BORE; SAID BORE INCLUDING A FORWARD CAVITY AND A REARWARD CAVITY ALIGNED WITH SAID FORWARD CAVITY AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY AN ANNULAR WALL PORTION PRESENTING A REARWARDLY FACING FIXED STOP MEANS AND A FORWARDLY FACING FIXED STOP MEANS; SAID TERMINAL MEMBER EMBODYING A RADIAL PROJECTION DISPOSED IN SAID REARWARD CAVITY AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID REARWARDLY FACING FIXED STOP MEANS FOR LIMITING FORWARD POSITIONING OF SAID TERMINAL MEMBER AXIALLY INSERTED INTO SAID BORE FROM THE REAR; A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL RETENTION CLIP ENTIRELY DISPOSED IN SAID FORWARD CAVITY COMPRISING RESILIENT STOP MEANS IN SAID FORWARD CAVITY EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE WALL OF THE CLIP AND INCLINED FORWARDLY AND TOWARD THE AXIS OF THE CLIP AND WHICH HAS A LOCKING POSITION ADAPTED TO LIMIT REARWARD POSITIONING OF THE TERMINAL MEMBER IN THE BORE; SAID TERMINAL MEMBER FURTHER EMBODYING A CYLINDRICAL SECTION PRESENTING A REARWARDLY FACING SHOULDER; SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID STOP MEANS TO RADIALLY CAM THE SAME OUTWARDLY UPON INSERTION OF THE TERMINAL MEMBER FROM THE REAR END OF THE BORE AND SAID STOP MEANS BEING RELEASED TO MOVE RADIALLY INWARDLY BEHIND SAID REARWARDLY FACING SHOULDER ON THE TERMINAL MEMBER IN THE FINAL FORWARD POSITION OF THE TERMINAL MEMBER; SUPPORT AND SAFETY STOP MEANS PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE WALL OF THE CLIP IN SAID FORWARD CAVITY DISPOSED FORWARDLY OF SAID RESILIENT STOP MEANS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION IN SAID FINAL POSITION OF THE TERMINAL MEMBER; RELEASE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID RESILIENT STOP MEANS AND POSITIONED FORWARD OF SAID RESILIENT STOP MEANS; AND AN ACCESS PASSAGE OPENING FORWARDLY OF THE INSULATION BODY THAT PROVIDES CLEARANCE IN THE FORWARD CAVITY FOR INSERTION OF A TOOL BETWEEN THE TERMINAL MEMBER AND THE RELEASE MEANS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SAFETY STOP MEANS TO FORCE THE RESILIENT STOP MEANS RADIALLY OUTWARDLY WHEREBY SAID REARWARDLY FACING SHOULDER ON THE TERMINAL MEMBER WILL CLEAR SAID RESILIENT STOP MEANS TO PERMIT WITHDRAWAL OF THE TERMINAL MEMBER FROM THE REAR.