Patent ID: 8029322

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a plug insert comprising a dielectric body and having a pair of contact channels extending therethrough, the contact channels having central axes that extend parallel to each other in a common direction, the contact channels being defined by respective channel walls and being separated by an inter-channel portion of the dielectric body, the channel walls having wall perimeters that extend around the corresponding central axes; and a contact sub-assembly held by the pair of contact channels, the contact sub-assembly comprising mating contacts that are received in the contact channels and retention clips that are positioned within the contact channels between the mating contacts and the channel walls, each of the retention clips having a concave body with clip edges separated by an open side, the concave body extending partially about the wall perimeter with the open side positioned along a portion of the wall perimeter, wherein the retention clips are oriented to face one another such that the inter-channel portion extends directly between the open sides of the retention clips.