ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

摘要

An electrical connector and method of making the same includes a radially resilient, cylindrical electrical contact member having a plurality of spaced strips extending between opposite ends of a sleeve. The ends of the strips are held in one or more housings in an angularly offset, end-to-end position. The contact member and the sleeve are urged from the one or more housings into a cylindrical portion of a holder or use element to mount the connector directly in the holder or use element. In one aspect, the contact strips are formed as individual strips joined to the sleeve at one end and at the other end. In another aspect, at least one contact strip is formed with a movable detent releasably engagable in a recess in a pin insertable into the connector to lock the pin in the connector. In another aspect, at least one strip has an extension which overlays a portion of the bare wire end of an electrical conductor mounted in one end of a terminal. A wire crimp collar on the terminal is bendable about the strip extension and the bare wire end to electrically engage the collar, the bare wire end of the conductor terminal and the contact strip.