Patent ID: 7238056

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a first plurality of conductors; a second plurality of conductors; three male terminals each electrically connected to a respective one of said first plurality of conductors, each one of said male terminals including an approximately triangular cross-section defining at least one line contact and three vertexes of said approximately triangular cross-section, said three male terminals forming a triangular pattern comprised of a first male terminal at a first vertex of said triangular pattern, a second male terminal at a second vertex of said triangular pattern, and a third male terminal at a third vertex of said triangular pattern; three female terminals each electrically connected to a respective one of said second plurality of conductors, each of said three female terminals for electrical connection to a respective one of said male terminals, each one of said female terminals including only one longitudinal split, an approximately circular cross-section, and an approximately smooth interior surface, said three female terminals forming a triangular pattern comprised of a first female terminal at a first vertex of said triangular pattern, a second female terminal at a second vertex of said triangular pattern, and a third female terminal at a third vertex of said triangular pattern, said three male terminals and said three female terminals configured for inserting said three male terminals into corresponding said three female terminals and for mating at least two said vertexes of said approximately triangular cross-section of each said male terminal with said approximately smooth interior surface of each said female terminal; a first housing enclosing said three male terminals, said first housing including an inside contour adjacent said three male terminals; and a second housing enclosing said three female terminals, said second housing including a plurality of radial ribs complementary in shape to said inside contour.