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Abstract

A connector adaptor assembly comprising a trough-like frame made of resilient dielectric material and having a connector retainer end portion wherein opposing side walls of the frame are integrally joined to respective taller resilient posts having respective inwardly projected portions extending toward one another. Distal end portions of the posts have adjacent an end of the frame respective surfaces supporting respective integrally protruding bosses which are spaced laterally a predetermined distance apart. The assembly also includes an electrical connector with a cylindrical body disposed recumbently in the frame and having chordally disposed in opposing portions thereof respective slots which are aligned with the respective posts. Adjacent the slots, an annular flange extends radially outward of the body and has a diameter greater than the predetermined distance of lateral spacing between the bosses. The flange has respective peripheral cam portions along which the bosses slide in causing the distal end portions of the resilient posts to bend laterally away from one another and then return laterally toward one another. The peripheral cam portions terminate in respective latching notches wherein the bosses snap resiliently thereby allowing the distal end portions of the posts to return to their relaxed states and inserting their inwardly projecting portions into the respective aligned slots.

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