Patent ID: 7101218

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising a plurality of body portions including: a first body portion; a second body portion; and a third body portion; and wherein the first body portion is attached to the third body portion by a first hinge; wherein the second body portion is attached to the third body portion by a second hinge; wherein the third body portion includes an electrical connector device having at least two electrical contacts; wherein the first body portion includes: an end wall having an entry opening for receiving an electrical wire having at least first and second separate conductors each having an exposed end; and first and second plurality of guiding posts extending outward a distance X from the inner surface of the first body portion and first and second ribs located between the first and second posts and extending outward a distance less than X from the inner surface of the first body portion, the first and second plurality of guiding posts forming first and second guiding paths along which the first and second conductors are held in position from the entry opening to the electrical contacts before the first and second body portions are folded into an assembled configuration, with the exposed conducting ends of the first and second conductors attached to the electrical contacts; wherein the second body portion includes: third and fourth ribs extending from an inner surface of the second body portion, the third and fourth ribs being complementary to the first and second ribs, respectively, of the first body portion; and wherein, when the first and second body portions are folded about the first and second hinges, respectively, with respect to the third body portion, with the first and second body portions secured together by a snap fastening arrangement comprising a first hook fastener and a second hook fastener where the first hook fastener has an opening through which the electrical wire passes, the third body portion is securely held between the secured first and second body portions; wherein, with the first and second body portions secured together, the first and second ribs engage the third and fourth ribs, respectively, to secure the first conductor between the first and third ribs along the first path and the second conductor between the second and fourth ribs along the second path forming a strain relief combination of the first and second conductors by exerting a separate clamping force on the ends of the conductors; wherein, with the first and second body portions secured together, a first extension partially blocks the entry opening with the first and second conductors extending therethrough; and wherein, with the first and second body portions secured together, an opening extending through the first body portion allows for the insertion of a tool to contact the snap fastening arrangement to unfasten the first hook fastener from the second hook fastener.