Electrical connector receptacle having molded conductors

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
An electrical connector receptacle of the type comprising an insulating housing having a plug-receiving end and a rearward end, a plug-receiving opening extending through said housing from said plug-receiving end to said rearward end, said opening having opposed internal sidewalls and opposed internal endwalls, said housing having oppositely directed external sidewalls and oppositely directed external endwalls, a group of electrical connectors in side-by-side spaced-apart relationship, each of said conductors comprising a first end portion which serves as a contact spring extending from one of said internal sidewalls diagonally into said opening and towards said rearward end, an intermediate portion extending through said housing, and a second end portion which extends externally of said housing, said plug-receiving opening being dimensioned to receive a connector plug having spaced-apart contact members therein which engage said contact springs, said connector receptacle being characterized in that: said conductors comprise single-piece stamped and formed members, said intermediate portions of said conductors being insert molded in, and being tightly and immovably embedded in, said housing, a barrier bar extending across said opening at said rearward end of said housing, said barrier bar being integral at its ends with said opposed internal endwalls and being located substantially midway between said opposed internal sidewalls, said barrier bar having a plurality of slots therein which extend inwardly from the side edge of said barrier bar which is proximate to said one internal sidewall, said contact springs having free ends which are adjacent to said rearward end of said housing, each of said free ends being received in, and captured by, one of said slots.
2.
An electrical connector receptacle as set forth in claim 1, said intermediate portions of said conductors extending from said one internal sidewall through said housing normally of said one internal sidewall and normally of the external sidewall which is adjacent to said one internal sidewall