Patent ID: 7435125

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a body including a first connector portion and a second connector portion, said first connector portion comprising a plurality of first connector terminals, said second connector portion being separate from said first connector portion and comprising a plurality of second connector terminals; and at least one locking clip, said locking clip comprising an attachment portion coupled to said body, and a resilient member, said resilient member extending from said attachment portion and having an un-deflected position angled away from said attachment portion, said resilient member being resiliently deflectable toward said attachment portion, whereby upon insertion of said body into an associated opening of a mating receptacle said resiliently member is configured to deflect inward toward said attachment portion as said resilient member is forced against a margin of said opening and at least a portion of said resilient member is configured to recover toward said un-deflected position when inserted past said margin to thereby restrict removal of said body from said opening; wherein said resilient member comprising a plurality of fingers at an end thereof, at least one of said fingers being configured to recover to a position beyond said opening when inserted past said margin while another one of said fingers is configured to bear against said margin.