Patent ID: 6872101
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical clip connector for electrically engaging a stud, the clip connector comprising: a non-ferrous terminal clip having a first arm, a second arm, an expandable barrel segment engaged between the first and second arms, and a void defined by the barrel segment for receiving a ground stud, wherein the barrel segment is engaged resiliently and circumferentially about the ground stud when the first and second arms are in a released state; wherein the first arm projects from a first end of the barrel segment and the second arm projects from a second end of the barrel segment and crosses over the first arm so that movement of the first and second arms toward one another causes the void to expand radially outward until the arms reach a compressed state and the barrel segment to dis-engage from the stud; and a housing having a first portion encasing the first arm and a hoop portion extending circumferentially about the barrel segment, wherein the first portion engages the second arm when the first and second arms are in the compressed state.