Patent ID: 8137118

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a female connector half comprising a solid body with first and second horizontally disposed passageways formed therein and a ground pin receptacle; a male connector half comprising a solid body with first and second horizontally disposed passageways formed therein and a horizontally extending ground pin; the female connector half being adapted to mate with the male connector half; the first and second passageways of the female connector half each being aligned with a respective one of the first and second passageways of the male connector half so as to form first and second continuous passageways through the male and female connector halves when the male and female connector halves are mated together; a first female insert positioned in the first of the passageways of said female connector half, said first female insert having an interior passageway shaped and dimensioned to receive and retain a first electrical connector pin; a first male insert positioned in the first passageway of said male connector half aligned with the first passageway of said female connector half, said first male insert having an interior passageway shaped and dimensioned to receive and retain a second electrical connector pin adapted to mate with said first electrical connector pin; the female insert having a cylindrical opening in a first end thereof which receives and positions a mating cylindrical portion of said male insert when the first connector half mates with the female connector half; the first and second electrical connector pins being so positioned respectively in the female and male inserts that they interconnect when the male connector half mates with the female connector half; and the ground pin and ground pin receptacle further being so positioned and dimensioned that they mate to establish a ground when the male connector half mates with the female connector half.