Patent ID: 6749358
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tooless electrical connector comprising:a housing having a bore with a groove disposed on an inside surface of said bore, said groove establishing a shoulder between a groove bottom and bore inside surface; a flat spring disposed in said groove for defining a spring cavity between the flat spring and said shoulder; a circular canted coil spring disposed in said spring cavity; a pin having a tapered end and a body diameter sized for sliding engagement with the bore inside surface and having a circumferential groove in the pin body for receiving the coil spring upon insertion of the pin into the bore; a plurality of primary radial fingers formed in said flat spring for retaining the coil spring in the cavity before insertion of said pin; and a plurality of secondary radial fingers formed in said flat spring for preventing axial movement between said housing and said pin with the coil spring within the pin groove, said secondary fingers being shorter than said primary fingers.