Push-in wire connector

A connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:

• a housing defining an enclosure and at least one opening providing access to the enclosure;
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• a one-piece, conductive clip disposed in the housing, having first and second portions, the first portion being fixedly attached to the housing and the second portion being folded back on the first portion to define a cantilevered spring normally located opposite the opening in the housing such that the spring is deflected by electrical conductors inserted into the housing, the deflected spring being engageable with the conductors to impart a clamping force on them to retain them in the housing and provide electrical connection between said conductors;
• the first portion of the clip being a flat plate and the second portion of the clip being generally U-shaped, having two legs and a bight, one leg being connected at one end to the first portion of the clip with the bight extending from the other end of said one leg, and wherein said one leg is located adjacent the opening in the housing and has a plurality of holes permitting passage of conductors inserted into the connector.

A connector for connecting electrical conductors, comprising:

• a housing defining an enclosure and at least one opening providing access to the enclosure;
• at least one pin on one side of the housing and at least one socket on the other side of the housing sized to receive a pin of a cooperating, like connector, the pin and socket each having a dovetail shape such that they are engageable only by a relative sliding motion of cooperating connectors;
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• a conductive clip disposed in the housing, having first and second portions, the second portion being folded back on the first portion to define a cantilevered spring normally located opposite the opening in the housing such that the spring is deflected by electrical conductors inserted into the housing, the deflected spring being engageable with the conductors to impart a clamping force on them to retain them in the housing and provide electrical connection between said conductors.