Electrical connector

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A CONNECTOR BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING AN UPPER END FACE AND A LOWER END FACE WITH A CONTACTRECEIVING BORE EXTENDING THROUGH THE BODY BETWEEN SAID END FACES, (B) SAID BORE BEING DEFINED BY A SIDE WALL CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE SET OF ANGULARLY DISPLACED CHANNEL-SHAPED RECESSES EXTENDING LENGTHWISE ALONG THE BORE FROM OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF; (C) SAID CHANNEL-SHAPED RECESSES TERMINATING AT SHOULDDERS WITHIN THE BORE WITH THE RESPECTIVE RECESSES OF EACH SET OVERLAPPING AND ADJOINING THE OTHER RECESS OF THE SET WITHIN THE BORE WITH THE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS THEREOF BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER, (D) A CONTACT ELEMENT REMOVABLY CARRIED BY THE CONNECTOR BODY AND EXTENDING INTO THE CONTACT-RECEIVING BORE FROM THE UPPER END FACE OF THE CONNECTOR BODY, (E) A LUG EXTENDING FROM THE CONTACT ELEMENT INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, (F) SAID LUG BEING SHAPED TO PASS THROUGH THE RECESS EXTENDING ALONG THE BORE FROM THE UPPER END FACE OF THE CONNECTOR BODY AND BEING POSITIONED TO PASS BENEATH THE SHOULDER AT THE END OF THE ADJOINING ANGULARLY DISPLACED RECESS, AND (G) A REMOVABLE RETAINING MEMBER ENGAGING WITH THE CONTACT ELEMENT AND THE CONNECTOR BODY FOR PREVENTING ROTATION OF THE CONTACT ELEMENT RELATIVE TO THE BODY, (H) SAID RETAINING MEMBER BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE CONNECTOR BODY FOR REMOVAL FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTACT ELEMENT.