Patent ID: 7172467

Claim:
An electrical contact assembly, comprising: a plurality of contacts; a front shell member having a core with a multiple front contact passages therethrough to receive respective ones of said plurality of contacts, said core formed with a shroud extending from a front end of said front shell member, said shroud surrounding and defining a cavity, said front shell member being formed of an integral single piece of non-conductive material; and a rear shell member having a core with a multiple rear contact passages therethrough to receive respective ones of said plurality of contacts, said rear shell member coupled to said front shell member such that said front and rear contact passages are substantially aligned along a contact passage axis, said rear shell member being formed of an integral single piece of non-conductive material; and a retention clip corresponding to each of said plurality of contacts, each retention clip received within at least one of said front and rear contact passages corresponding to each of said plurality of contacts, each said retention clip engaging said corresponding contact when said corresponding contact is loaded into said contact passage.