Electrical connector

Claim 1

An electrical connector of the type in which a conductor (46) can be terminated by forcible insertion transversely of its axis along a conductor receiving slot (12) of a contact member (6) mounted in a cavity (3) in an insulating housing body (1) adjacent one end of said housing body and retained in the slot by engagement with a cover member (2) movable into latching engagement with the housing body to engage the conductor (46) thereby to retain the conductor (46) in the slot (12), the cover member (2) being provided with latching projections (54) engageable in eyes (40) formed in the housing body (1) adjacent a cover member receiving end to latch the cover member (2) to the housing body (1), characterised in that the housing body (1) is formed with a pair of latching arms (34) with inwardly directed projections (35) at their ends, which arms (34) extend in mutually opposed, spaced relation transversely of a cavity axis, from a first side of the housing body (1) at the cover member receiving end and are receivable in the respective eyes (40) of an adjacent housing body (1) releasably to latch the housing bodies (1) together, prior to termination of a conductor (46) therein, and define between them a conductor receiving channel with the projections (35) securing an exiting portion of a conductor (46) in the channel bent through a right angle to extend in the direction of the slot axis, after the conductor (46) has been terminated in the contact member slot (12) by the movement of the cover member (2) into latching engagement with the housing body (1).