Abstract: A multipiece connector for making electrical connections between electrical cables, each having a plurality of insulated wires. The connector includes an index strip, a connector module strip and a module cap strip, with the index strip having slots for laying in wires of one cable, with the connector module strip having slots for laying in wires of the other cable and double ended slotted contact elements, and with the module cap strip having a plurality of wire confining means aligned with the slots. The connector module strip snap mounts to the index strip and the slotted contact elements penetrate the wire insulation making electrical contact with the wires of the cable, and the module cap strip snap mounts to the connector module strip and the other ends of the slotted contact elements penetrate the wire insulation making electrical contact with the wires of the cable.

Abstract: A connector (10) comprising an index strip (100) with wire-retaining slots (112) for receiving individual conductors (20), a connector module (200) with wire-engaging contact elements (40) and an index-strip portion (203), and a module cap (300). The wire-retaining slots (112, 212) in the index strip and index-strip portion of the connector module have flexible inwardly curved flanges (130, 230) adjacent to one end of the slot. Each corresponding pair of flanges, which depend from adjacent slot-defining upright members (110, 210), deflect inwardly into the wire-retaining slot during wire indexing to securely grip an inserted conductor (20, 30), the deflected flanges being capable of biasing toward each other to create an even tighter grip on a conductor when conductor pull out from that end is attempted.