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A connector housing for an electrical terminal includes a base member configured to engage a top member having two discrete segments. One of the segments engages the base member so as to retain an electrical terminal therebetween in a preconnection mode which exposes a portion of the terminal so as

A connector housing for an electrical terminal includes a base member configured to engage a top member having two discrete segments. One of the segments engages the base member so as to retain an electrical terminal therebetween in a preconnection mode which exposes a portion of the terminal so as to permit electrical connection to be made thereto. A second segment of the top member engages the base member so as to enclose the electrical connection which was made to the terminal so as to provide a closed, assembled electrical connector.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A connector housing for retaining an electrical terminal comprising:a base member configured to receive an electrical terminal therein, said base member having a top side and a bottom side;a top member having a first segment and a second segment hingedly connected to said first segm

[ I claim:] [1.] A connector housing for retaining an electrical terminal comprising:a base member configured to receive an electrical terminal therein, said base member having a top side and a bottom side;a top member having a first segment and a second segment hingedly connected to said first segment, said first segment hingedly corrected to said base member by a hinge so as to retain an electrical terminal therebetween so that a connector portion of the retained terminal is exposed and accessible for establishment of an electrical connection thereto, said second segment being engageable with said base member by connector means, independently of said first segment, and operating when so engaged so as to enclose the connector portion of the retained terminal therebetween; whereby said housing provides both a preload configuration, in which said first segment and base member cooperate to retain the terminal and to permit an electrical connection to be made thereto, and an assembled configuration in which the terminal is retained by, and the electrical connection thereto is enclosed between, the second segment and the base member, wherein said first and said second segments of said top member cover said top side of said base member.