Patent ID: 7491096

Claim:
A terminal housing for connecting with a multi-contact electrical component having a predetermined arrangement of contacts, the housing comprising: a plurality of module assemblies and an alignment member, each module assembly comprising a module and at least one conductor extending out of the module; the modules aligned with one another; the alignment member comprising a plurality of through holes to receive the conductors, a plurality of surfaces on the walls of the through holes, the surfaces in a predetermined arrangement, the conductors engagable with the surfaces to position the conductors in the predetermined arrangement for connection of the conductors to the contacts of the multi-contact electrical component, wherein the alignment member is moveable from a first position spaced from the modules to a second position adjacent the modules, the contacts engaged with the alignment member surfaces when the alignment member is in the first position, the contacts not engaged with the alignment member surfaces when the alignment member is in the second position; the portion of each conductor outside the module comprising a narrowed portion where the conductor first extends out of the module and a contact portion; the contact portions in the holes and configured to form press fits with the hole walls when the alignment member is in the first position; and the narrowed portions in the holes and configured to not engage the hole walls when the alignment member is in the second position.