Patent ID: 8160290

Claim:
An assembly comprising a miniature electroacoustic transducer and a flexible electrical wire, wherein: the flexible electrical wire is terminated by an electrically conductive connecting element including: a shoulder having a first width dimension extending in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to the orientation of an end of the flexible electrical wire proximate to the connecting element; and the miniature electroacoustic transducer comprises an electrically conducting, externally accessible terminal configured to mechanically and electrically engage the connecting element, the externally accessible terminal comprising: a back fixed to the miniature electroacoustic transducer; and a first leg and a second leg each biased toward the back, the first and second legs defining a slot structure of the externally accessible terminal, wherein each of the first and second legs are adapted to engage the shoulder of the connecting element while the flexible wire is oriented substantially perpendicular to the back, and wherein the first and second legs extend at least generally in a plane of the wall of the miniature electroacoustic transducer such that the connecting element is received into the slot structure of the terminal from a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the end of the flexible electrical wire proximate to the connecting element.