Pin connector

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AN ELCTRICAL CONNECTOR FORMED FROM AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF THIN SHEET METAL TO PROVIDE A FERRULE FOR CRIMPING ONTO AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND A ELONGATED SOCKET FOR TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVING AND YIELDABLY HOLDING AN ESSENTIALLY SQUARE PIN TERMINAL SAID SOCKET COMPRISING ALIGNED SPACED SQUARE SLEEVE PORTIONS SOLELY INTERCONNECTED BY OPPOSITELY DISPOSED AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SPRING PORTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN CORRESPONDING ALIGNED SIDES OF SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS, SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS HAVING AN INNER CROSS SECTION MATCHING THAT OF THE PIN TERMINAL, SAID SPRING PORTIONS BEING INWARDLY BOWED TOWARD EACH OTHER INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS SO AS TO PROVIDE SINGLE CURVATURE CONTACT SURFACES PRESENTED TOWARD THE AXIS OF THE SOCKET AND MORE CLOSELY SPACED THAN THE CORRESPONDING INNER SURFACES OF SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FLAT SIDES OF THE PIN TERMINAL, SAID CONTACT SURFACES HAVING A WIDTH GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID PIN, SAID SPRING PORTIONS BEING MORE FLEXIBLE THAN SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS WHEREBY INSERTION OF THE PIN IN THE SOCKET FLEXES SAID SPRING PORTIONS APART SO AS TO MOVE SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS APART LONGITUDINALLY.