Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO BE PLUGGED INTO AND UNPLUGGED FROM A HOLE IN A BOARD, COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PIN AND A SLEEVE ON SAID PIN, SAID SLEEVE BEING FORMED OF RESILIENT MATERIAL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLITS EXTENDING INWARD FROM ONE END THEREOF CONSTITUTING ITS FORWARD END AND TERMINATING SHORT OF ITS OTHER AND REARWARD END SO THAT SAID SLEEVE HAS A CYLINDRIC REARWARD END PORTION AND A FORWARD END PORTION WHOLLY CONSTITUTED BY A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SPRING FINGERS SEPARATED BY SAID SLITS EXTENDING FORWARD FROM SAID CYLINDRIC REARWARD END PORTION AND INTEGRAL WITH THE LATTER, SAID CYLINDRIC REARWARD END PORTION OF THE SLEEVE BEING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS SO AS TO BE RADIALLY INEXPANSIBLE, SAID SLEEVE HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING INTEGRAL ANNULAR FLANGE AT ITS REARWARD END, SAID FLANGE HAVING A FLAT FORWARD FACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE FACE OF A BOARD AT ONE END OF A HOLE IN THE BOARD, EACH OF SAID SPRING FINGERS HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LATCH PROJECTION AT ITS FORWARD END HAVING A FLAT REARWARD FACE FOR LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER FACE OF A BOARD AT THE OTHER END OF THE HOLE, EACH OF SAID LATCH PROJECTIONS HAVING A NOSE FORMATION WITH A FORWARD END PORTION TAPERED INWARDLY TOWARD THE FORWARD END OF THE NOSE FORMATION FOR SPRINGING SAID FINGERS RADIALLY INWARD UPON PLUGGING SAID CONNECTOR INTO THE HOLE, AND A PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID FORWARD END PORTION TAPERED INWARDLY TOWARD THE FLAT REARWARD FACE OF THE NOSE PORTION, SAID PIN HAVING A CYLINDRIC SLEEVE-SEATING PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS RECEIVED IN SAID CYLINDRIC REARWARD END PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE AND SAID CYLINDRIC REARWARD END PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE BEING SECURELY FASTENED TO SAID SLEEVE-SEATING PORTION OF SAID PIN AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE PIN, SAID PIN HAVING AN INTEGRAL PORTION FORWARD OF SAID SLEEVE-SEATING PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER RELATIVE TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID SLEEVE-SEATING PORTION TO ALLOW FOR BENDING INWARD OF SAID SPRING FINGERS AS SAID CONNECTOR IS INSERTED IN A HOLE, SAID PIN FURTHER HAVING AN INTEGRAL REARWARD END PORTION EXTENDING REARWARD FROM SAID SLEEVE-SEATING PORTION AND HAVING A SOCKET EXTENDING FROM ITS REARWARD END FOR RECEPTION OF ONE END OF AN ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR TO BE SECURED THEREIN, AND SAID PIN FURTHER HAVING AN INTEGRAL FORWARD END EXTENSION REACHING BEYOND THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID SPRING FINGERS.