Patent ID: 7585190

Claim:
A female connector for positioning in an insulated adapter housing, to receive a male connector, the female connector comprising: a connector body having an outer periphery and defining a through aperture having an inner periphery, the connector body including: a) a flexible, non-conductive portion and; b) a conductive portion, which at least partially defines the inner periphery of the aperture and the outer periphery of the connector body, the conductive portion being adapted and configured to expand radially outwardly upon insertion of the male connector therethrough, the connector body being constructed such that when the male connector is inserted through the aperture of the connector body, the flexible, non-conductive portion and the conductive portion of the connector body cooperate to allow for radially outward expansion of the aperture, resulting in radially inwardly directed contact pressure between the conductive portion of the inner periphery of the connector body and an outer periphery of the male connector; wherein the conductive portion of the connector body defines an inner diametrical surface of the aperture; and wherein the inner diametrical surface defined by the conductive portion of the connector body includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending grooves.