Tinsel wire connector

Claim 1

A PLUG MEMBER FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING A BODY MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING AN ANNULAR PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER AT ITS REARWARD END, SAID ANNULAR PORTION HAVING A SERIES OF AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES IN ITS OUTER SURFACE EXTENDING FROM ITS REARWARD END TOWARD ITS FORWARD END, A STRAIN RELIEF MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OPENING, SAID RELIEF MEMBER HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF WIRES EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PASSAGE, EACH OF SAID WIRES HAVING AN INSULATING COVERING, THE OUTER END OF EACH OF SAID WIRES BEING FOLDED BACK TO ENGAGE THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID GROOVES, A COLLAR ENCIRCLING SAID ANNULAR PORTION AND ENGAGING SAID INSULATING COVERING OF SAID WIRES TO HOLD SAID WIRES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BODY MEMBER, AND SAID BODY MEMBER AND SAID STRAIN RELIEF MEMBER HAVING MEANS COOPERATING TO HOLD SAID MEMBERS IN ASSEMBLY, AND SAID STRAIN RELIEF MEMBER HAVING ELEMENTS GRIPPING SAID WIRES TO MINIMIZE A PULL-STRAIN THEREON, SAID STRAIN RELIEF MEMBER AND SAID COLLAR COOPERATING TO HOLD THE WIRES FIRMLY IN SAID GROOVES, SAID GROOVES BEING OF GREATER DIMENSIONS THAN SAID WIRES AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A MATING CONTACT AND FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH BY REMOVAL OF THE INSULATION FROM THE WIRES UPON MOVEMENT OF THE MATING CONTACT INTO THE GROOVES.