Electrical connector for a printed-circuit board

A connector for electrically connecting a wire to a conductive strip on a face of a printed-circuit board, the connector comprising:

• a dielectric housing formed with
• a cavity,
• an abutment,
• a slot extending from the cavity and adapted to receive an edge of the circuit board, and
• a hole opening outward from the cavity and adapted to receive the wire;
• and
• a conductive one-piece spring element in the cavity having
• a front arm extending at an angle at least partially across the slot, and
• a rear arm extending across the hole, formed with an aperture alignable with the hole, and deflectable between a tensioned position with the aperture aligned with the hole and a rest position with the aperture offset from the hole, the wire being engageable through the aperture and hole in the tensioned position with the rear arm pressing the wire against the abutment.

A connector for electrically connecting a wire to a conductive strip on a face of a printed-circuit board, the connector comprising:

• a dielectric housing formed with
• a cavity,
• a slot extending from the cavity and adapted to receive an edge of the circuit board, and
• a hole opening outward from the cavity and adapted to receive the wire;
• and
• a conductive one-piece spring element wholly in the cavity and having
• a front arm extending at an acute angle at least partially across the slot such that the front arm bears on and elastically retains the board when same is inserted in the slot, and
• a rear arm extending across the hole and pressing the wire against the conductive strip of the circuit board engaged in the slot.