Patent ID: 7422487

Claim:
A female connector for positioning in an insulated adapter housing to receive a male connector, the female connector comprising: a connector body having an outer periphery and defining a through aperture having an inner periphery, the connector body including a flexible, non-conductive portion and a conductive portion having diametrically opposed conductive segments, each conductive segment at least partially extending continuously around the outer periphery of the body and into the inner periphery of the aperture, wherein the connector body is constructed such that when the male connector is inserted through the aperture of the connector body, the flexible, non-conductive portion of the connector body and the conductive portion of the connecter body cooperate to allow for radially outward expansion of the aperture, thereby creating radially inwardly directed contact pressure between the conductive portion of the connector body that partially defines the inner periphery of the aperture and an outer periphery of the male connector inserted therethrough.