Patent ID: 8721355

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing comprising an internal compartment; a dielectric insert held within the internal compartment of the housing, the dielectric insert comprising an end face; an electrical contact held by the dielectric insert, the electrical contact comprising a mating segment that extends a length outwardly from the end face of the dielectric insert along a connection axis, the electrical contact comprising an intermediate segment, wherein the mating segment is slidably received within the intermediate segment such that the mating segment is configured to retract from an extended position of the mating segment toward a retracted position of the mating segment; and a hood held by the housing, the hood having an extended position relative to the end face of the dielectric insert wherein the hood extends a length outwardly relative to the end face, the hood extending at least partially around the mating segment of the electrical contact in the extended position of the hood, wherein the hood is retractable along the connection axis from the extended position of the hood to a retracted position of the hood wherein at least a portion of the length of the hood is retracted relative to the end face of the dielectric insert.