Contact retention assembly

摘要

A contact retention assembly in which a contact is mounted in a contact cavity in a connector insulator from the rear and is released from the front of the insulator to allow removal of the contact rearwardly from the cavity. The contact is formed with a laterally and rearwardly extending spring retention tine that extends across the contact cavity and engages the wall of the cavity to prevent rearward movement of the contact in the cavity. An aperture is provided in the contact in front of the tine. A tool is inserted from the front of the insulator into the aperture, and threaded therein so that the end of the tool will deflect the tine rearwardly, thereby releasing it from its engagement with the wall of the contact cavity. The contact is then free to be removed rearwardly from the cavity.