Patent ID: 6921302

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a substantially annular electrical contact with an inside dimension and an outside dimension, said inside dimension being provided with a plurality of contact beams depending therefrom and said outside dimension being provided with a plurality of retention beams depending therefrom, said plurality of contact beams and said plurality of retention beams being spaced alternately from one another; a substantially cup-shaped electrically insulating insert mated with said annular electrical contact to form a subassembly, said substantially cup-shaped insulator having an interior wall and an exterior wall, said interior wall including a plurality of pockets for receiving said contact beams and said exterior wall including a plurality of pockets for receiving said retention beams, said contact beams and said retention beams engaging their respective pockets; and an electrically insulating overmold forming a body about said subassembly, said body completely covering said exterior wall of said cup-shaped electrically insulating insert.