Patent ID: 7931489

Claim:
An electrical connector configured for connecting wires to components, said connector comprising: a longitudinally extending body member comprising a plurality of adjacently disposed spaced apart connector positions; a connector element disposed transverse to said body member at each of said connector positions, said connector element comprising a first resilient contact arm extending above and angled away from a top plane of said body member, said first resilient contact arm comprising an outwardly facing contact surface for pressing mating contact with a conductive pad of a separate respective component; said connector element further comprising a first closed end wrapped around a body member component within a recess in said body member, said first resilient contact arm moving into said recess upon pressing mating contact with the conductive pad of the separate respective component; said connector element further comprising a second resilient contact arm in biased engagement against said body member and comprising a contact surface; and an access opening in said body member having a size so as to accommodate insertion of a wire core of a given size, said access disposed relative to said contact surface of said second resilient contact arm such that upon insertion of the wire core into said access, the wire core causes said second resilient contact arm to flex into said body member while remaining in biased electrical contact engagement against the wire core.