Patent ID: 7993169

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising: an electrically conductive first member comprising: a first beam and a second beam, a first face of each of the first beam and second beam being provided with a corresponding channel for receiving a conductor, wherein each of the first beam and second beam extends from a first face of a body of the first member such that the first face of the body is adjacent the first face of each of the first beam and the second beam, and wherein the first face of the first beam and the first face of the second beam are oriented to substantially face each other, and at least one first alignment portion for guiding an electrically conductive second member; the electrically conductive second member comprising: at least one second alignment portion adapted to cooperate with the at least one first alignment portion, a body facing surface, a first channel facing surface and a second channel facing surface, wherein when the at least one alignment portion is at least partially mated with the at least one second alignment portion, the second member is movable between an unloaded and a loaded position, wherein in the unloaded position the body facing surface is proximate to the first face of the body, and in the loaded position the body facing surface is spaced apart from the first face of the body, and in the loaded position a conductor disposed in the channel of the first beam is retained in said channel by the first channel facing surface and a conductor disposed in the channel of the second beam is retained in said channel by the second channel facing surface.