Patent ID: 8641440

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a female housing comprising an insulating material at least partially forming a female receptacle, wherein the female receptacle comprises a receptacle opening for at least partially receiving a male connector terminal; a female terminal disposed at least partially within the female receptacle; and wherein at least one wall of the female receptacle is resiliently deformable to urge the female terminal together with a male connector terminal; and a male connector inserted into the female receptacle, wherein the male connector comprises: an electrically insulating male housing; an electrically conductive male connector terminal retained by the male housing, wherein the male terminal extends from the housing and comprises a contact surface extending along a coupling length of the male connector terminal outside of the male housing, and wherein the male connector terminal electrically couples with the female terminal; an insulating cover disposed along at least a portion of the coupling length of the male connector terminal for electrically insulating one or more surfaces of the male connector terminal other than the contact surface; and wherein the wall of the female receptacle deforms to urge the female terminal together with the male connector terminal.