Electric connector

Electric connector comprising a U-shaped main portion having parallel legs and a transverse base extending therebetween, said legs respectively being formed with aligned intermediate cutout portions, a nut extending between said legs and into said intermediate cutout portions thereof, and a screw threaded through said nut and situated between said legs while having a head situated at a greater distance from said base than said nut and an opposed free end situated nearer to said base than said nut and adapted to engage a conductor extending along said base between said legs, each of said intermediate cutout portions being defined in part by opposed transverse edge portions of each leg which extend transversely with respect to the axis of said screw and which are situated from each other by a distance substantially greater than the thickness of said nut, and a leaf spring extending together with said nut between said legs and into said intermediate cutout portions thereof, said leaf spring being formed with a substantially central hole through which said screw extends and engaging said nut at the region of said hole while being curved away from said nut toward one of said transverse edge portions of each intermediate cutout portion when said nut is in the region of the other of said transverse edge portions of each intermediate cutout portion, so that when said screw is turned at said free end thereof with respect to said nut into engagement with a conductor said nut will move along said screw away from said other toward said one transverse edge portion of each intermediate cutout portion to compress said leaf spring between said one transverse edge portion of each intermediate cutout portion and said nut for limiting pressure of the screw with respect to the conductor while preventing loosening of the screw by vibrations, said leaf spring extending outwardly beyond said legs and having outside of the space between said legs integral tongues projecting beyond said intermediate cutout portions so that said legs are situated between said tongues to be reinforced thereby for preventing outward buckling of said legs.