Electrical connector

Claim 1

The Combination comprising a housing of insulating material of a predetermined thickness having an opening of predetermined cross-section extending all the way therethrough from top to bottom, an electrical connector having an upper section above said housing and a lower section press fitted into said opening, conductor securing means formed on said upper section, said electrical connector having means formed between said upper section and said lower section to limit insertion of the electrical connector into said opening only as far as the top of said lower section, the lower section of the electrical connector being fixedly held in the upper portion of said opening in the housing, the bottom edge of said connector being positioned inwardly from the bottom of said opening, said lower section forming a tubular wall female connector providing a bore, said wall extending inwardly forming a groove in its outer surface intermediate its ends which wall is supported on either side of said groove by the wall of said opening and said inward extending wall portion providing a restricted neck adjacent the mouth of said bore, an elongated male connector whose outside lateral dimensions are slightly smaller than the dimensions of said opening such that the male connector may be slid into said opening in mating relationship and be supported by the wall of said opening, said male connector having a tip with a knob-like configuration, said tip being slit longitudinally along at least two crossing planes to provide resilience to snap said tip past said restricted neck.