Electrical connecting device

Claim 1

A CONTACT RETAINER COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE, ARMS EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SLEEVE AT ONE END THEREOF, ENLARGED ENDS ON SAID ARMS EXTENDING ARCUATELY PARTIALLY AROUND THE AXIS OF SAID SLEEVE, THE TRAILING EDGES OF SAID ENLARGED ENDS WHICH ARE PROXIMATE TO SAID SLEEVE HAVING LIPS DIRECTED RADIALLY INWARDLY TOWARDS THE AXIS OF SAID SLEEVE, THE LEADING EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID ENLARGED ENDS WHICH ARE REMOTE FROM SAID SLEEVE BEING CONICAL AND DIVERGENT WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID SLEEVE, SAID RETAINER BEING INTENDED FOR USAGE IN A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED BOSSES INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WITH SAID SLEEVE DISPOSED AGAINST SAID BOSSES ON ONE SIDE WITH SAID ARMS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID BOSSES, AND WITH SAID LIPS BEING DISPOSED AGAINST SAID BOSSES ON THEIR OPPOSITE SIDES WHEREBY, A CONTACT TERMINAL HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE CIRCUMFERENTIAL RECESS DISPOSED IN SAID CAVITY IS RESTRAINED AGAINST AXIAL MOTION IN ONE DIRECTION BY THE WEDGING EFFECT OF SAID LIPS BETWEEN SAID BOSSES AND ONE SIDE OF SAID RECESS.