ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED PANEL MOUNTING MEANS AND AN IMPROVED RELEASABLE CONTACT CONSTRUCTION

摘要

An electrical connector having an improved panel mounting construction and an improved releasable contact construction. The improved panel mounting construction typically comprises first and second pairs of resilient wings provided on opposite sides of the housing. Each pair of wings comprises a resilient stop wing and a deflectable snap-in wing projecting through an aperture provided in the stop wing. The stop wing provides bearing surfaces for resiliently bearing against the entry side of a panel and the snap-in wing has a locking lip with bearing surfaces for resiliently bearing against the opposite side of the panel after being passed through a panel opening by inward deflection of the snap-in wing. The improved releasable contact construction provides for unusually reliable and rugged retention of a contact in its receiving cavity by the combined action of a deflectable retention tine provided on the contact operating on the principle of long beam deflection with respect to a retention shoulder in the cavity along with two additionally provided radially compressible retention flares operating on the principle of radial compression with respect to the same retention shoulder.