Patent ID: 8764459

Claim:
A connector assembly for mounting to a substrate having an opening extending between a front side and a rear side, the connector assembly comprising: a housing having a body at a bottom of the housing and a head at a top of the housing, the head extending from the body, the head being wider than the body and being configured to be mounted to the front side of the substrate with the body extending through the opening of the substrate to the rear side of the substrate, the housing having a contact channel extending therethrough being open at the top and the bottom of the housing; and a poke-in contact received in the contact channel, the poke-in contact having a wire trap configured to receive a wire therein in a wire loading direction through the bottom of the housing from the rear side of the substrate, the wire trap having a spring finger having a distal end configured to dig into the wire to trap the wire in the wire trap, the poke-in contact having a mounting leg, the mounting leg extending from the head and configured to be mounted to the front side of the substrate.