Electrical connector

Claim 1

A SNAP-IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BLOCK OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A HOLE THERETHROUGH, A RETAINER MEMBER MADE OF SPRING MATERIAL POSITIONED WITHIN THE HOLE, THE RETAINER MEMBER INCLUDING A SPLIT SLEEVE PORTION HAVING PROJECTIONS EXTENDING EXTERIORLY THEREFROM, THE SPLIT SLEEVE PORTION EXPANDING WITHIN THE HOLE SO THAT THE PROJECTIONS ENGAGE THE BLOCK TO SECURE THE RETAINER MEMBER FROM MOVEMENT AXIALLY OF THE HOLE, THE RETAINER MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF CANTILEVERED SPRING FINGERS PROJECTING FROM THE SPLIT SLEEVE PORTION, THE SPRING FINGERS BEING SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AT A POINT ADJACENT THE PROJECTING ENDS A DISTANCE SMALLER THAN THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE SLEEVE PORTION, THE SPRING FINGERS DEFINING OPPOSED OUTWARDLY FLARING SURFACES BETWEEN SAID POINT OF MINIMUM SPACING AND THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE FINGERS, THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE SPRING FINGERS BEING SPACED FROM THE WALLS OF THE HOLE, AND A CONTACT MEMBER REMOVABLY SECURED BY THE RETAINER MEMBER, THE CONTACT MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLEEVE PORTION AND THE SPRING FINGERS OF THE RETAINER MEMBER, THE CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION ENGAGED BY THE SPRING FINGERS AT SAID POINT OF MINIMUM SPACING FOR SECURING THE CONTACT MEMBER IN POSITION, THE FLARING SURFACES OF THE SPRING FINGERS PROVIDING MEANS FOR WEDGING THE FINGERS APART FOR REMOVING THE CONTACT MEMBER.