Patent ID: 6851986

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a dielectric housing having first and second spaced-apart faces with at least one terminal-receiving passage communicating between the faces, the passage with two sides and including a terminal mounting portion and a terminal securing portion in each side of the passage; and a conductive terminal received in said at least one terminal-receiving passage and including a body portion having a first and second side for engaging the terminal mounting portion of the passage, a first contact portion flexibly extending from one end of the body portion for establishing electrical connection with a first electrical device at said first face of the housing, a second contact portion flexibly extending from a second end of the body portion for establishing electrical connection with a second electrical device at said second side of the housing, and a securement portion, joined to the body portion by an extension arm, and extending perpendicularly from edges of the extension arm and from a surface of the extension arm located between the edges, for engaging the terminal securing portion of the passage, the securement portion of the terminal and the terminal securing portion of the housing passage and the sides of the terminal body portion and the terminal mounting portion of the housing passage having respective complementary interengaging interference means to hold the terminal to the housing. both of the complementary interengaging interference means are arranged for interengagement by inserting the entire terminal into the at least one terminal receiving passage from one common face of the housing.