Connector arrangement, and method for mounting the same

An electrical connector arrangement, comprising:

• (a) a generally rectangular hollow connector body (4) formed by stamping and bending from a conductive metal sheet including;
• (1) a pair of parallel spaced vertical side walls (5a, 5d;
• 55a, 55d);
• (2) a generally horizontal top wall (5b, 55b) orthogonally arranged relative to said side walls, respectively;
• (3) at least one vertical end wall (5e, 55e) orthogonally arranged relative to said side walls;
• and
• (4) a generally horizontal bottom wall (5c;
• 55c) cooperating with said side and end walls to define a chamber;
• (5) said side walls being integral with and bent from parallel opposite edges of a given one of said end (5e) and top (55b) walls, respectively;
• (b) a generally U-shaped resilient spring contact (3) mounted in said chamber, said spring contact including:
• (1) a generally horizontal bottom leg (3a;
• 3a′) connected with said bottom wall;
• (2) a top leg (3b, 3b′) adjacent said top wall;
• and
• (3) a connecting portion (3c;
• 3c′) connected between said bottom and top legs, said top leg being resiliently biased away from said bottom leg, thereby to bias toward said top wall a bare conductor (2) introduced into said chamber via an opening (7) contained at one end of said connector body;
• (c) said top wall being connected with one of said side walls by a corner edge portion containing an access opening (8) opposite said spring contact top leg, thereby to permit the insertion into said chamber of the tip of an operating tool (9) to release said top leg from engagement with the conductor, whereby the conductor may be withdrawn from said chamber;
• (d) said connector body having at least one generally horizontal bottom connecting surface (10, 11) adapted for connection with an electrical component.