Terminal free connector and method

Claim 1

A terminal free electrical connector comprising: a housing including opposed side and opposed end walls and a bottom surface, said walls and surface together forming a hollow enclosure, said bottom surface having a plurality of arrayed apertures formed therethrough for introducing a plurality of electrical leads through said apertures; a rectangular wire holder having hinge means, said holder being pivotally insertable into said enclosure, said wire frame including a plurality of aligned throughbores for receiving said plurality of electrical leads, said throughbores being alignable with said apertures of said housing, said wire frame further comprising a slot formed therein oriented normal said throughbores, said leads passing through said slots so as to expose portions of said leads therein, said exposed portions forming contact surfaces for contact with a mating connector to establish electrical paths therebetween; a boss formed on the bottom surface of said housing at a location thereon such that, when said wire frame is retained in said housing, said boss is received in said slot; a resilient member configured to be received in said slot and disposed therein between said boss and said exposed portions of said leads so as to position said leads in said slot; and a guide wall formed on a rear surface of said housing said guide wall surrounding said plurality of apertures for retaining a sealing grommet thereon.