Electrical connector including means for terminating wires

Claim 1

An electrical connector interposed between a socket and a plug comprising: a socket engagement means, a plug engagement means, opposed lateral walls, first and second opposed ends, an exterior and interior surfaces, and a medial electrical conductive means; the socket engagement means being at the first end and the plug engagement means being at the second end, the socket engagement means having a receiving recess for receiving said socket; the medial electrical conductive means connects the socket engagement means and the plug engagement means and comprising two metallic contacts contained at least partially within said insulative housing, one of said metallic contacts connecting the socket engagement means to the plug engagement means and the other of said metallic contacts being segmented into at least two axially spaced segments and each of said contacts having a wire terminal means comprising at least one transverse slot; wire access means comprising at least a pair of apertures in the insulative housing each of which is aligned with one of said transverse slots, for allowing entry of wires into said insulative housing for engagement with said wire terminal means; said socket having a projection portion including opposed lateral walls, the projection portion being inserted in the socket receiving recess, the socket further comprising socket metallic contact means, the socket metallic contact means having two legs and a base side interposed therebetween, and positioned such that each of the legs abuts one of said opposed lateral walls and one of the medial metallic contact means.