Insulated electrical connector with wire stop

Claim 2

A preinsulated, crimpable, electrical connector including a metal body having at its rear end crimpable wire receiving elements and at its forward end elements for selectively receiving a connecting terminal said body comprising a single piece of sheet metal formed into a central base portion having forward and rearward portions longitudinally spaced from one another, said rearward portion having at its rearward end wall portions bent upward with an open end for receiving a connecting wire for crimping thereto an insulating plastic sleeve of generally uniform thickness surrounding said body said sleeve having an inwardly deformed wire stop means for stopping a wire received in said wire receiving elements during assembly from extending into said terminal receiving elements before being crimped therein, said wire stop means being in the form of an indentation on the outer surface of said sleeve extending inwardly from the inner wall of said sleeve to a position closely adjacent and opposed to the inner wall of said central base portion generally centrally transversely thereof and located between said forward and rearward portions.

Claim 3

A preinsulated, crimpable, female electrical connector including a metal body having at its rear end crimpable wire receiving elements and at its forward end elements for selectively receiving a spade terminal said body comprising a single piece of resilient sheet metal formed into a central base portion having at its forward end longitudinal side portions bent upward and inward to form with said central base portion a channel having longitudinally extending side walls and top walls with an open end for receiving said spade terminal and at its rearward end wall portions bent upward and inward with an open end to form a rear portion for receiving a connecting wire for crimping thereto said forward and rearwArd portions being longitudinally spaced from one another an insulating plastic sleeve of generally uniform thickness surrounding said body said sleeve having an inwardly deformed wire stop means for stopping a wire received in said wire receiving elements during assembly from extending into said terminal receiving elements before being crimped therein, said wire stop means being in the form of indentation on the outer surface of said sleeve extending inwardly from the inner wall of said sleeve to a position closely adjacent and opposed to the inner wall of said central base portion generally centrally transversely thereof and located between said forward and rearward portions.

Claim 4

A preinsulated, crimpable, female electrical connector including a metal body having at its rear end crimpable wire receiving elements and at its forward end elements for selectively receiving a spade terminal said body comprising a single piece of resilient sheet metal formed into a central base portion having at its forward end longitudinal side portions bent upward and inward to form with said central base portion a channel having longitudinally extending side walls and top walls with an open end for receiving said spade terminal and at its rearward end wall portions bent upward and inward with an open end to form a rear portion for receiving a connecting wire for crimping thereto said forward and rearwArd portions being longitudinally spaced from one another an insulating plastic sleeve of generally uniform thickness surrounding said body said sleeve having an inwardly deformed wire stop means for stopping a wire received in said wire receiving elements during assembly from extending into said terminal receiving elements before being crimped therein, said wire stop means being in the form of indentation on the outer surface of said sleeve extending inwardly from the inner wall of said sleeve to a position closely adjacent and opposed to the inner wall of said central base portion generally centrally transversely thereof and located between said forward and rearward portions.