Electrical connector

Claim 1

A connector for insulated electrical wire comprising: a body of insulating material having a wire connection well formed into one surface to receive a slotted, flat plate, electrical contact element and to closely support the outside edges of the legs of the contact element, a wire retention well formed into said one surface adjacent said wire connection well for receipt of an insulated wire to be connected, and a passageway joining said wire retention well to said wire connection well, said passageway extending into said one surface of said body and being aligned with the position of the slot in a contact element supported in said wire connection well, said passageway being constricted to engage the insulation of a said wire to be connected by a contact element in said wire connection well; said wire connection well, said passageway and said wire retention well together defining a wire path from said wire connection well through said passageway into said wire retention well, then turning and exiting from said wire retention well through said one surface of said body, and a slotted, flat plate, electrical contact element in said wire connection well of said body with the open end of its slot adjacent said one surface of said body to receive and strip insulation from an insulated wire forced into said wire connection well, whereby an insulated wire may be forced into said wire connection well and simultaneously into said passageway and said wire retention well, said contact element stripping insulation from the wire to make electrical contact to the wire while the passageway walls engage the wire insulation and the wire is bent in passing from said passageway and out of said wire retention well to provide strain relief for the connected wire.