The present inventor has recognized that typical electrical connectors using standard MIL-C-39029 contacts commonly use a retaining clip to hold them in the electrical connector. The present inventor has also recognized that retaining clips commonly require a removal tool to be used to remove such contacts from an electrical connector one at a time for repair or replacement. The present inventor has also recognized that retaining clips, which are commonly located with the contacts in the same bore of the connector body, increase the bore size needed to hold a contact and thus increase the required spacing, that is, the axis to axis distance, between such bore centers.
The present inventor has recognized that other common electrical connectors embed contacts in a plastic housing, which prevents wires from being crimped into such contacts. The present inventor has also recognized that soldering wires into such contacts consumes significant amounts of time and may cause the plastic housing to melt. Melting the plastic housing loosens the embedded contacts and results in an inferior electrical connector that may need to be rejected or re-worked.