Patent ID: 7780468

Claim:
An electrical connector configured for connecting wires to components, said connector comprising: an insulative body member having a longitudinally extending leg defined between opposite longitudinal ends, and a plurality of adjacently disposed spaced apart connector positions along said leg between said longitudinal ends; a wire insertion opening defined in a wall of said body member at each of said connector positions; a connector element disposed transverse to said leg at each of said connector positions, said connector element comprising a first closed end wrapped around an edge of said leg, and a first resilient contact arm extending from said first closed end and angled away from said leg so as to extend above said leg, said 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 transverse portion extending from said first closed end along said leg to a second closed end of said connector element; a second resilient contact arm extending from said second closed end and angled away from said transverse portion towards said first closed end, said second resilient contact arm in biased engagement against a shoulder of said body member and comprising a contact surface; and wherein upon insertion of an exposed conductive wire core through said wire insertion opening, the wire core causes said second resilient contact arm to flex towards said transverse portion while remaining in biased electrical contact engagement against the wire core.