Electrical connectors

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, A DIELECTRIC BODY HAVING A FRONT FACE CONSISTING OF HARD, RIGID INSULATING MATERIAL; SAID BODY HAVING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT CAVITY EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, AND LATCHING MEANS WITHIN SAID CAVITY; WITH EACH SAID CAVITY HAVING A TAPERED MOUTH AT THE FORWARD END THEREOF LEADING TO A RESTRICTED ORIFICE OF FIXED DIMENSIONS: SAID CAVITY ALSO HAVING AN ENLARGED COUNTERBORE EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID ORIFICE WITH AT LEAST ONE NARROW RADIAL KEYWAY SLOT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID RESTRICTED ORIFICE AND ENTERING SAID COUNTERBORE; SAID COUNTERBORE IN SAID BODY CONTAINING A SLEEVE CONTACT THEREIN, WITH SAID SLEEVE CONTACT HAVING A SHOULDER ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE AFORESAID LATCHING MEANS, AND BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE COUNTERBORE TO PROVIDE A SLIDEWAY CHANNEL THEREBETWEEN; AT LEAST ONE LATCH RELEASING MEMBER PERMANENTLY HOUSED IN THE AFORESAID CHANNEL AND LONGITUDINALLY SHIFTABLE THEREIN, WHILE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LATCHING MEANS AND EXTENDING THEREFROM TO A LOCATION ADJACENT TO AND ACCESSIBLE FROM THE KEYWAY ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE BODY.