Patent ID: 8147254

Claim:
The electrical connector comprising: a first connector portion that mounts on a first surface, wherein the first connector portion includes a first housing having a first bore and a first pin adjacent to the first bore; and a second connector portion that mates with the first connector portion and mounts on a second surface, wherein the second connector portion includes a second housing having a second bore and a second pin adjacent to the second bore, and wherein the first pin is received in the second bore and the second pin is received in the first bore when the first and second connector portions are mated to one another, wherein the first pin defines an outer-surface and the second housing includes an inner-surface that defines the second bore, and wherein friction between the outer-surface of the first pin and the inner-surface of the second housing creates a retention force that inhibits the first and second connector portions from separating from one another when the first pin is at least partially received in the second bore.