Plug receiving receptacle and contact inserts therefor

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CLUSTER BLOCK ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN THREE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS EACH HAVING A RECEPTACLE CONTACT PORTION AND AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ENGAGING PORTION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A MOLDED OUTER SHELL MEMBER OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION; THREE LONGITUDINAL CAVITIES DISPOSED SIDE BY SIDE THEREIN, SAID CAVITIES BEING OPEN ON ONE END AND SAID SHELL BEING OPEN ON THE TOP TO EXPOSE SAID CAVITIES; A RECEPTACLE RECEIVING PORTION AND AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR SUPPORTING PORTION IN EACH OF SAID CAVITIES; THREE SPACED HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL ONE EACH DISPOSED IN THE RECEPTACLE PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID CAVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STOP MEMBERS POSITIONED AT EACH END OF SAID RECEPTACLE PORTIONS OF SAID CAVITIES OF LONGITUDINALLY ORIENT SAID RECEPTACLE CONTACT PORTION RELATIVE TO SAID HOLES IN SAID SHELL; SIDE STOP MEMBERS DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID RECEPTACLE CONTACT AREAS IN SAID CAVITIES TO LATERALLY ALIGN SAID RECEPTACLE CONTACT PORTIONS RELATIVE TO SAID HOLES AND TO MAINTAIN THEM IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL; A COVER PLATE FOR THE OPEN TOP OF SAID SHELL HAVING TAPERED LONGITUDINAL EDGES; A PAIR OF TAPERED TRACKS ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID OPEN SHELL SIDES ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN SAID COVER PLATE; A COVER LOCKING RECEPTACLE MOUNTED IN SAID SHELL BETWEEN SAID CAVITIES AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN A SCREW, DETENT OR OTHER LOCKING MEANS; AND LOCKING MEANS IN SAID COVER ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID COVER LOCKING RECEPTACLE.