Mating electrical pin and socket contacts and insulator therefor

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHICH COMPRISES AN ELONGATED SOCKET MEMBER HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS, SAID SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD MATING PORTION COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED SECTIONS SEPARATED BY A FORWARDLY OPENING, LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED SLOT, SAID SECTIONS BEING RESILIENTLY SPREADABLE AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SECTIONS HAVING A FORWARDLY OPENING, LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED GROOVE THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SLOT, AND A PIN CONTACT MEMBER INCLUDING A GENERALLY FLAT MATING PORTION HAVING A BULGE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM A SISE THEREOF, SAID MATING PORTION OF THE PIN MEMBER BEING RESILIENT FRICTIONALLY ENGAGEABLE IN SAID MATING PORTION OF THE SOCKET MEMBER WITH SAID BULGE ENGAGED IN SAID GROOVE IN SAID ONE SOCKET SECTION AND WITH THE OPPOSITE SID EOF THE SAID MATING PORTION OF THE PIN MEMBER ENGAGED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE SLOT ON THE OTHER SAID SOCKET SECTION.