Housing for electrical connectors

Claim 1

An electrical connector housing comprising a first lower housing portion having a generally rectangular base frame having a central opening therethrough, first and second side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of said base frame and terminating at upper edges, and a first end wall sloping inwardly and upwardly from a third side of said base frame beyond said upper edges, said end wall having means defining openings therethrough to provide access to an electrical connector device and an attachment hole; a second upper housing portion having a generally rectangular top plate, third and fourth side walls extending downwardly from opposite side edges of said top plate and terminating at lower edges, and a second end wall sloping downwardly and outwardly from a third edge of said top plate beyond said lower edges; and means on said upper and lower housing portions for coupling said portions together to form a closed housing ends and with said first and second end walls at opposite ends and with said upper and lower edges of said side walls in substantially contiguous, abutting relationship, said means for coupling including hook means on one of said housing portions extending beyond the edges of the side walls of said one portion; and means defining inwardly opening grooves extending longitudinally along the inner surfaces and adjacent the edges of the side salls of the other housing portion for receiving said hook and permitting relative sliding motion of said upper and lower housing portions between a closed position in which said second end wall is adjacent the fourth side of said base frame and said first end wall is adjacent the fourth edge of said top plate and an open position in which said first end wall is spaced from said top plate to permit access to the interior of said housing, said grooves including stop means for establishing the relative locations of said housing portions in said open position, and upwardly extending grooves for receiving said hook means approaching in a downard direction.