Patent ID: 8882533
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a receptacle that is configured to receive an electrical wire therein along an insertion axis; an electrical contact held by the housing, the electrical contact comprising first and second contact beams that include first and second wire interfaces, respectively, that are configured to engage the electrical wire, the first and second contact beams being movable between closed positions and open positions, the first and second wire interfaces being configured to engage the electrical wire when the first and second contact beams are in the closed positions, the first and second wire interfaces being configured to be disengaged from the electrical wire when the first and second contact beams are in the open positions, the first and second contact beams being configured to be engaged by an actuator that slides along the first and second beams in an actuation direction that is non-perpendicular to the insertion axis to move the first and second contact beams from the closed positions to the open positions, the first and second contact beams being configured to receive the actuator therebetween to spread the first and second contact beams apart when the actuator is moved in the actuation direction, wherein the receptacle is configured to receive the electrical wire therein along the insertion axis such that the electrical wire does not extend into the actuator during or after the actuator is inserted into the receptacle.