Patent ID: 7320616

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a main body having a wire-receiving channel therethrough for receiving an insulated stranded core wire, at least one generally transverse slot opening at only one side of said main body and extending to said wire-receiving channel an opposite side to said one side being a generally smooth continuous surface; and an electrical contact having a portion slideably received within a slot in said main body and having a wire piercing portion adapted to move into said wire-receiving channel to pierce insulation on a wire extending through said wire-receiving channel and directly connect with strands of a wire inserted within said wire-receiving channel, and a free portion adapted to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board, whereby an interconnection between said wire and printed circuit board is formed after said electrical contact is attached to said printed circuit board and after said wire is inserted within said wire-receiving channel by a user sliding said main body along said electrical contact until said electrical contact extends into said wire-receiving channel and connects with said wire by piercing the insulation and stranded core of the wire.