Electrical terminal block assembly

Claim 1

A TERMINAL ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING: A ONE-PIECE INSULATING HOUSING HAVING A FIRST LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE OF GIVEN LENGTH IN ONE SIDE THEREOF FORMING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED-APART OPPOSED END WALLS; A SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE IN SAID HOUSING AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH BUT FACING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST GROOVE AND AXIALLY EXTENDING THROUGH ONE EDGE OF SAID HOUSING; ONE OF SAID END WALL OF SAID FIRST GROOVE HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH FORMING A CONNECTOR-EN GAGING RECESS AND PROVIDING AXIAL ACCESS TO SAID FIRST GROOVE FROM SAID SECOND GROOVE; THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS HAVING A CONNECTOR-ENGAGING RECESS THEREIN; A ONEPIECE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO BE TRANSVERSELY INSERTED INTO SAID FIRST GROOVE, INCLUDING A LONDITUDINALLY EXTENDING BASE PORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY SAID GIVEN LENGTH ADAPTED TO BE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT AND HAVING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING ARM PORTIONS FORMING A SPLIT-SLEEVE ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONTACT PROXIMATE ONE END THEREOF; SAID BASE PORTION INCLUDING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RESILIENT TAB SUBPORTIONS AT EACH END THEREOF ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID END WALL RECESSES TO INTERLOCK SAID CONNECTOR TO SAID HOUSING.