Electrical connector

Claim 1

An electrical connector comprising: a. a channel-shaped first member with the floors and sidewalls defining a wire-receiving surface and further having an upwardly extending pin fixed at one end of the wire-receiving surface; b. a second member having resiliently deformable, non-linear sidewalls and a top wall extruding between and joining the sidewalls at their upper edges, said second member being positioned over the first member with the lower edges of the non-linear sidewalls being attached to the sides of the first member with the wire-receiving surface therebetween and with the pin extending through the top wall for a predetermined distance; and c. biasing means threadedly positioned in the top wall in alignment with the wire-receiving surface on the first member, said means adapted for being turned down against a wire which may be lying on the wire-receiving surface and in so doing, resiliently deforming the sidewalls towards a more linear shape with the energy stored in the resiliently deformed sidewalls available to maintain pressure on the wire, and further as the top wall moves away from the wire-receiving surface, the top of the pin and upper surface of the top wall become closer together to indicate the degree of compressive force being exerted against the wire.