Connector with tab terminal latching means

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN INSULATING BLOCK HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAVITY THEREIN INCLUDING OPPOSITELY FACING TRANSVERSE SURFACES IN SAID CAVITY, AT LEAST ONE CONDUCTIVE SPRING MEMBER OF A GEOMETRY TO FIT WITHIN SAID CAVITY AND ENGAGE CAVITY WALLS FOR BEARING SUPPORT AND INCLUDING A TRANSVERSE SURFACE AND A LOCKING SPRING ADAPTED TO BEAR AGAINST SAID OPPOSITELY FACING SURFACES TO LOCK SAID MEMBER AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT IN SAID BLOCK, EACH SPRING MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE RECEPTACLE HAVING SIDE WALLS AND A BOTTOM WALL WITH A SPRING ARM EXTENDING ALONG THE RECEPTACLE IN PROXIMITY TO THE BOTTOM WALL AT THE END THEREOF, EACH SPRING MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING A LATCH MEMBER AND RIGID PROJECTION EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM SAID RECEPTACLE TO SUPPORT SAID LATCH MEMBER, EACH LATCH MEMBER EXTENDING OBLIQUELY TO A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF A SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH THE FREE END THEREOF IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF INSERTION OF A TERMINAL MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID RECEPTACLE, A TERMINAL MEMBER ATTACHED TO A CONDUCTIVE PATH INCLUDING A CONTACT SURFACE PORTION ADAPTED TO FIT WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE TO ENGAGE A RECEPTACLE SPRING MEMBER AND BOTTOM WALL, THE TERMINAL MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING PROXIMATE THE BASE THEREOF A TRANSVERSE SURFACE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND A WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE SUCH AS TO BE ENGAGED BY THE LATCH MEMBER SPRING ARM TO LATCH THE TERMINAL WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE.