Plug wire contactor

Claim 1

A PLUG WIRE CONTACTOR COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE SHELL HAVING A FORWARD NOSE END OF A FIXED DIAMETER, A REAR WIRE ENGAGING END AND A CYLINDRICAL INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF A DIAMETER LARGER THAN THAT OF SAID NOSE END, SAID SHELL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR LUG RECEIVING APERTURE POXIMATE THE FORWARD NOSE END, A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY INDENTED SHOULDER PROXIMATE SAID REAR END, A FLAT SPRING LOCKING MEMBER HAVING A FORWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH AND PROJECTING AT LEAST PARTIALLY OUT OF SAID NOSE END, A REAR SECTION NOTCHED TO RECEIVE SAID SHOULDER BY A NOTCH DIMENSIONED TO PERMIT A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LOCKING MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID SHELL, AND A FORWARDLY SLOPING INTERMEDIATE SPRING PORTION HAVING A LOCKING LUG FOR PROJECTING THROUGH SAID LUG RECEIVING APERTURE, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION BEING OFFSET FROM THE AXIS OF THE FORWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION AND REAR SECTION WHEREBY A REARWARD FORCE ON THE FORWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION BIASES THE LOCKING LUG OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID APERTURE THEREBY PROVIDING MEANS FOR RESISTING REMOVAL OF A PLUG WIRE CONTACTOR FROM A PLUGBOARD SOCKET WHEN SEATED THEREIN.