Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a main connector body formed of insulating material and containing a longitudinal through bore, an electrical contact having an insulation-piercing cutting edge mounted in a slot contained in the rear end of the connector body, and a wire support member having a forward end portion that is insertable within the slot, the support member forward end containing on its lateral surface a vertical groove for receiving an insulated wire conductor, whereby when the support member forward end is inserted within the slot, the cutting edge pierces the wire insulation and engages the electrical conductor at a desired location intermediate its ends.

Abstract: A connector for connecting at least one first conductor 5 with another conductor 50, including a connector body 2 having a first end containing a chamber 2a, and a second end containing a through bore 2b communicating with the chamber, a slide member 4 slidably mounted in the connector body chamber, the slide member containing a transverse bore 25 for receiving the first conductor, the slide member including at its end within the chamber a longitudinally projecting pin portion 18, and an electrical terminal 3 slidably mounted on the slide member pin portion, the slide member being slidably displaceable relative to the electrical contact from a first position in which a contact portion 9 of the terminal is remote from the transverse bore to permit the insertion of the first conductor therein, to a second position in which the contact portion extends across the transverse bore in electrical engagement with the first conductor, the free extremity of the contact being received by a corresponding opposed recess fo