Patent ID: 6957988
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip unit for holding an electrical contact in a passageway of an insulative frame, wherein the contact has a neck with an outer neck wall and opposite neck ends, the passageway has an axis, and walls of the passageway form a passageway constriction with a radially inner constriction wall, wherein: said clip unit includes front and rear elements that each has a hole lying on said axis and forms hole walls, said elements each has a largely cylindrical outside surface, and said elements each has a slot for receiving said neck of said contact during mounting of the elements around said neck; said front element has a front shoulder for engaging a front end of said neck and a rear shoulder for engaging a front end of said constriction, and said rear element has a radial thickness that enables its largely cylindrical outside surface to lie closely adjacent to said constriction radially inner wall while said rear element hole wall lies closely adjacent to said outer neck wall, said front element having a radial thickness that allows said front element to be compressed to pass through said constriction while lying around said neck.