Patent ID: 6875043

Claim:
A connector for connecting an associated electrical component having a tab-type electrical terminal to an associated conductor, comprising: a non-conducting housing base having a bottom wall, an upstanding front wall and upstanding, opposing side walls generally transverse to the front wall, the housing base defining a well, the front wall having a notch formed therein for receiving the associated conductor, the bottom wall having an opening therein for receiving the tab-type electrical terminal; and a conductive contact carried by the housing base, disposed in the well, the contact having conductor receiving elements generally aligned with and on opposing sides of the notch in the housing front wall, the conductor receiving elements configured for receiving the conductor therebetween, the contact further including first and second terminal engaging portions defining a tab-receiving region therebetween, the contact carried by the housing base to dispose the tab-receiving region in overlying relation to said opening in the housing base bottom wall, wherein the tab-type terminal, inserted through the housing base bottom wall opening, is received in the contact tab-receiving region, and is in electrical contact with the conductor positioned between the conductor receiving elements, the housing base being formed on a housing base carrier a first predetermined distance from a second housing base formed on the housing base carrier and the contact being formed on a contact earner a second predetermined distance from a second contact formed on the contact carrier.