Author: claimsbot

1. A personal handheld electronic device, the device comprising:
a first housing body generally shaped as a rectangular prism such that the first housing body has a first length, a first width, and a first thickness, the first length being greater than the first width and the first width being greater than the first thickness, wherein the first housing body includes:
a first broad surface opposing a second broad surface, both being defined by the first length and the first width;
a first peripheral surface opposing a second peripheral surface, both being defined by the first length and the first thickness; and
a third peripheral surface opposing a fourth peripheral surface, both being defined by the first width and the first thickness,

a primary interface disposed on the first broad surface, the primary interface being configured to receive information from a user and provide information to the user;
a first touchscreen disposed on the first, second, third, or fourth peripheral surface, the first touchscreen being configured to receive information from the user andor provide information to the user; and
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
a primary interface module configured to facilitate receiving and providing information via the primary interface; and
a touchscreen module configured to facilitate receiving andor providing information via the first touchscreen.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to coordinate operation of the first touchscreen with operation of the primary interface.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to coordinate operation of the first touchscreen with operation of the primary interface based on one or both of user preferences or information related to use of the device by the user.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein information related to the use of the device includes information related to one or more of a compressive force exerted on the device, a geo-location of the device, a motion of the device, an orientation of the device, a distance traveled by the device, sound recorded by the device, or biometric information from the user.
5. The device of claim 2, wherein coordinating operation of the first touchscreen with operation of the primary interface includes causing the first touchscreen to provide the same information provided by the primary interface to the user.
6. The device of claim 2, wherein coordinating operation of the first touchscreen with operation of the primary interface includes causing the first touchscreen to provide different information than the information provided by the primary interface to the user.
7. The device of claim 2, wherein coordinating operation of the first touchscreen with operation of the primary interface includes causing the first touchscreen to provide a subset of information provided by the primary interface to the user.
8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second housing body generally shaped as a rectangular prism such that the second housing body has a second length, a second width, and a second thickness, the second length being greater than the second width and the second width being greater than the second thickness, wherein the second housing body includes:
a third broad surface opposing a fourth broad surface, both being defined by the second length and the second width;
a fifth peripheral surface opposing a sixth peripheral surface, both being defined by the second length and the second thickness; and
a seventh peripheral surface opposing an eighth peripheral surface, both being defined by the second width and the second thickness.
9. The device of claim 8, wherein the first length approximately equals the second length and the first width approximately equals the second width.
10. The device of claim 8, wherein the second housing body is movably coupled to the first housing body by way of a coupling mechanism such that the two housing bodies are reconfigurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the first broad surface or the second broad surface of the first housing body being adjacent and approximately parallel to the third broad surface or the fourth broad surface of the second housing body with the two housing bodies in the closed configuration.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the coupling mechanism includes one or more of a hinge, a joint, a swivel, or a sliding track.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the primary interface is configured to receive information from the user and provide information to the user with the two housing bodies in the open configuration, and wherein the primary interface is a in the closed configuration.
13. The device of claim 10, wherein the one or more computer program modules further comprise a configuration determination module configured to determine whether the two housing bodies are in the open configuration or the closed configuration.
14. The device of claim 13, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to power the first touchscreen on andor off based on the determination of whether the two housing bodies are in the open configuration or the closed configuration.
15. The device of claim 13, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to cause the information provided via the first touchscreen to change based on the determination of whether the two housing bodies are in the open configuration or the closed configuration.
16. The device of claim 13, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to facilitate receiving, via the first touchscreen, information including first information and second information, the first information being receivable responsive to a determination that the two housing bodies are in the open configuration, the second information being receivable responsive to a determination that the two housing bodies are in the closed configuration.
17. The device of claim 8, further comprising a second touchscreen disposed on the fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth peripheral surface, the second touchscreen being configured to receive information from the user andor provide information to the user.
18. The device of claim 17, wherein the first touchscreen is disposed on the first peripheral surface and the second touchscreen is disposed on the fifth peripheral surface such that the first touchscreen is adjacent to the second touchscreen with the two housing bodies in the closed configuration.
19. The device of claim 1, further comprising one or more information collection systems, the one or more information collection systems being configured to generate output signals conveying information related to use of the device by the user, wherein information related to the use of the device includes information related to one or more of a compressive force exerted on the device, a geo-location of the device, a motion of the device, an orientation of the device, a distance traveled by the device, sound recorded by the device, or biometric information from the user.
20. The device of claim 19, wherein the touchscreen module is configured to cause the first touchscreen to provide information to the user based on the information conveyed by the output signals.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A device comprising:
a base;
a first insulating layer on said base;
a first electrode on said first insulating layer;
a dielectric film on said first electrode;
a second electrode on said dielectric film; and
a second insulating layer on said second electrode,
wherein:
an adhesion hole set extends in a vertical direction through said first electrode, said dielectric film, and said second electrode;
a portion of said second insulating layer contacts said first insulating layer within said adhesion hole set;
said first insulating layer and said second insulating layer fill said adhesion hole set to the exclusion of any other material;
said first electrode, said dielectric film, and said second electrode form a structure having a cross-sectional area lying in a horizontal dimension that is substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction;
the cross-sectional area is bounded by a perimeter, and
said adhesion hole set is entirely contained within said perimeter.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said first insulating layer and said second insulating layer comprise the same material.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein said adhesion hole set consists of one adhesion hole.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein
a cross-sectional shape of said one adhesion hole is selected from the group consisting of circular, square, rectangular, diamond, and triangular.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the thickness of said first electrode is in the range from 10 to 100 microns.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the thickness of said dielectric film is in the range from 1 to 5 microns.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the thickness of said second electrode is in the range from 10 to 20 microns.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein said adhesion hole set comprises a uniform pitch.
9. An electronic package comprising:
a device having a capacitor coupled to a substrate;
a first material above said capacitor;
a second material below said capacitor;
a microprocessor die coupled to a first side of said device; and
a motherboard coupled to a second side of said device,
wherein:
said capacitor extends in a vertical direction between said first material and said second material;
the capacitor has a cross-sectional area lying in a horizontal dimension that is substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction;

the cross-sectional area is bounded by a perimeter;
said capacitor comprises an adhesion hole set, said adhesion hole set being entirely contained within the perimeter of said cross-sectional area; and
said first material and said second material:
contact each other through said adhesion hole set; and
fill said adhesion hole set to the exclusion of any other material.
10. The electronic package of claim 9, wherein said adhesion hole set comprises a first adhesion hole and a second adhesion hole.
11. The electronic package of claim 10, wherein the area of said first adhesion hole is greater than the area of said second adhesion hole.
12. The electronic package of claim 10, wherein the shape of said first adhesion hole is similar to the shape of said second adhesion hole.
13. The device of claim 9,wherein
the capacitor further comprises a first electrode, a second electrode over the first electrode, and a dielectric film between the first electrode and the second electrode;
the device further comprises a via; and
the via extends through the substrate, the first electrode, the dielectric film, and the second electrode.

1. A method for automatically generating and executing an e-commerce gift offer for a social network contact as a function of integrating social network data, the method comprising:
engaging a web site offering goods or services for sale within a network computing environment in response to a direction of a first user via a graphical user interface;
in response to the user selecting an item via the graphical user interface that is offered for sale by the engaged first web site, a processing unit searching personal data associated with the first user that is acquired from a social network web site that is different from the engaged web site to determine an indication that at least one other, second user that is listed within the personal data acquired from the social network web site has an interest in acquiring the selected item;
in response to determining the indication that at least one second user has an interest in acquiring the selected item, the processing unit selecting at least one of the second users as a recipient and presenting an offer to the first user to select the item for an additional gift purchase for the selected at least one second user as recipient;
in response to the first user selecting the presented additional gift purchase for one of the second users, the processing unit using the personal data acquired from the social network web site to automatically determine a geographic location of a current residence of the second user recipient associated with the first user selection, narrowing down a list of online retailers offering the item to a subset of the online retailers that each also provide delivery service to the determined geographic location of the current residence of the second user selected by the first user, and selecting one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user selected as the recipient by the first user.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a language that is different from the language of the profile data of the first user, translating menu options of a web site of the selected retailer to the language of the first user profile data and presenting the translated menu options to the first user via the graphical user interface; and
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a currency that is different from a currency of a monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data, converting costs charged by the selected online retailer to execute the gift item purchase for second user into the currency of the monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of selecting the online retailer for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user as the recipient comprises communicating with the selected online retailer via a website integration application programming interface.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of searching the personal data associated with the first user and acquired from the social network web site to determine the indication that the second has the interest in acquiring the selected item comprises:
scanning the acquired social networking site data to determine likes and dislikes of the second user; and
determining the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item in response to the acquired social networking site data comprising a like for the item by the second user.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the processing unit:
selecting a group of second users of the social network web site that are each associated with the first user via the personal data acquired from the social network web site;
presenting the selected group of second users to the user in a list ordered as a function of different relative preferences for the item by each of the group of second users; and
selecting the at least one second user as the recipient for the presented offer for the additional gift purchase in response to the user selecting said at least one second user from the presented list via a graphical user interface input to the processing unit.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of selecting one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item comprises:
selecting one of the subset of the online retailers that has a lowest transaction cost, a highest customer satisfaction rating, or a shortest estimated shipping time.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of the user selecting the item that is offered for sale by the engaged first web site via the graphical user interface comprises the user loading the item into a shopping cart within the e-commerce site for a subsequent execution of purchase.
8. A method of providing a service for automatically generating and executing an e-commerce gift offer for a social network contact as a function of integrating social network data, the method comprising:
integrating computer-readable program code into a computer system comprising a processing unit, a computer readable memory and a computer readable tangible storage medium, wherein the computer readable program code is embodied on the computer readable tangible storage medium and comprises instructions that, when executed by the processing unit via the computer readable memory, cause the processing unit to perform steps of:
in response to direction by a first user via a graphical user interface input, engaging a web site offering goods or services for sale within a network computing environment;
in response to the user selecting an item via the graphical user interface that is offered for sale by the engaged first web site, searching personal data associated with the first user that is acquired from a social network web site that is different from the engaged web site to determine an indication that at least one other, second user that is listed within the personal data acquired from the social network web site has an interest in acquiring the selected item;
in response to determining the indication that at least one second user has an interest in acquiring the selected item, selecting at least one of the second users as a recipient and presenting an offer to the first user to select the item for an additional gift purchase for the selected at least one second user as recipient;
in response to the first user selecting the presented additional gift purchase for one of the second users, using the personal data acquired from the social network web site to automatically determine a geographic location of a current residence of the second user recipient associated with the first user selection, narrowing down a list of online retailers offering the item to a subset of the online retailers that each also provide delivery service to the determined geographic location of the current residence of the second user selected by the first user, and selecting one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user selected as the recipient by the first user.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising;
the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a language that is different from the language of the profile data of the first user, translating menu options of a web site of the selected retailer to the language of the first user profile data and presenting the translated menu options to the first user via the graphical user interface; and
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a currency that is different from a currency of a monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data, converting costs charged by the selected online retailer to execute the gift item purchase for the second user into the currency of the monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, selecting the online retailer for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user as the recipient by communicating with the selected online retailer via a website integration application programming interface.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, searching the personal data associated with the first user and acquired from the social network web site to determine the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item by:
scanning the acquired social networking site data to determine likes and dislikes of the second user; and
determining the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item in response to the acquired social networking site data comprising a like for the item by the second user.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
selecting a group of second users of the social network web site that are each associated with the first user via the personal data acquired from the social network web site;
presenting the selected group of second users to the user in a list ordered as a function of different relative preferences for the item by each of the group of second users; and
selecting the at least one second user as the recipient for the presented offer for the additional gift purchase in response to the user selecting said at least one second user from the presented list via a graphical user interface input to the processing unit.
13. The method of claim 10, further comprising the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, selecting the one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item that has a lowest transaction cost, a highest customer satisfaction rating, or a shortest estimated shipping time.
14. A system, comprising:
a processing unit in communication with a computer readable memory and a tangible computer-readable storage medium;
wherein the processing unit, when executing program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
in response to direction by a first user via a graphical user interface input, engages a web site offering goods or services for sale within a network computing environment;
in response to the user selecting an item via the graphical user interface that is offered for sale by the engaged first web site, searches personal data associated with the first user that is acquired from a social network web site that is different from the engaged web site to determine an indication that at least one other, second user that is listed within the personal data acquired from the social network web site has an interest in acquiring the selected item;
in response the determination that the indication that at least one second user has an interest in acquiring the selected item, selects at least one of the second users as a recipient and presents an offer to the first user to select the item for an additional gift purchase for the selected at least one second user as recipient;
in response to the first user selecting the presented additional gift purchase for one of the second users, uses the personal data acquired from the social network web site to automatically determine a geographic location of a current residence of the second user recipient associated with the first user selection, narrows down a list of online retailers offering the item to a subset of the online retailers that each also provide delivery service to the determined geographic location of the current residence of the second user selected by the first user, and selects one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user selected as the recipient by the first user.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a language that is different from the language of the profile data of the first user, translates menu options of a web site of the selected retailer to the language of the first user profile data and presents the translated menu options to the first user via the graphical user interface; and
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a currency that is different from a currency of a monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data, converts costs charged by the selected online retailer to execute the gift item purchase for second user into the currency of the monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, selects the online retailer for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user as the recipient by communicating with the selected online retailer via a website integration application programming interface.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, searches the personal data associated with the first user and acquired from the social network web site to determine the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item by:
scanning the acquired social networking site data to determine likes and dislikes of the second user; and
determining the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item in response to the acquired social networking site data comprising a like for the item by the second user.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
selects a group of second users of the social network web site that are each associated with the first user via the personal data acquired from the social network web site;
presents the selected group of second users to the user in a list ordered as a function of different relative preferences for the item by each of the group of second users; and
selects the at least one second user as the recipient for the presented offer for the additional gift purchase in response to the user selecting said at least one second user from the presented list via a graphical user interface input to the processing unit.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory, selects the one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item that has a lowest transaction cost, a highest customer satisfaction ratings, or a shortest estimated shipping time.
20. A computer program product for automatically generating and executing an e-commerce gift offer for a social network contact as a function of integrating social network data, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable tangible storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processing unit, cause the computer processing unit to:
in response to direction by a first user via a graphical user interface input, engage a web site offering goods or services for sale within a network computing environment;
in response to the user selecting an item via the graphical user interface that is offered for sale by the engaged first web site, search personal data associated with the first user that is acquired from a social network web site that is different from the engaged web site to determine an indication that at least one other, second user that is listed within the personal data acquired from the social network web site has an interest in acquiring the selected item;
in response to determining the indication that at least one second user has an interest in acquiring the selected item, select at least one of the second users as a recipient and present an offer to the first user to select the item for an additional gift purchase for the selected at least one second user as recipient;
in response to the first user selecting the presented additional gift purchase for one of the second users, use the personal data acquired from the social network web site to automatically determine a geographic location of a current residence of the second user recipient associated with the first user selection, narrow down a list of online retailers offering the item to a subset of the online retailers that each also provide delivery service to the determined geographic location of the current residence of the second user selected by the first user, and select one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user selected as the recipient by the first user.
21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to:
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a language that is different from the language of the profile data of the first user, translate menu options of a web site of the selected retailer to the language of the first user profile data and present the translated menu options to the first user via the graphical user interface; and
in response to determining that the selected online retailer uses a currency that is different from a currency of a monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data, convert costs charged by the selected online retailer to execute the gift item purchase for second user into the currency of the monetary account that is designated for purchases by the first user profile data.
22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to select the online retailer for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item for the second user as the recipient by communicating with the selected online retailer via a website integration application programming interface.
23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to search the personal data associated with the first user and acquired from the social network web site to determine the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item by:
scanning the acquired social networking site data to determine likes and dislikes of the second user; and
determining the indication that the second user has the interest in acquiring the selected item in response to the acquired social networking site data comprising a like for the item by the second user.
24. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to:
select a group of second users of the social network web site that are each associated with the first user via the personal data acquired from the social network web site;
present the selected group of second users to the user in a list ordered as a function of different relative preferences for the item by each of the group of second users; and
select the at least one second user as the recipient for the presented offer for the additional gift purchase in response to the user selecting said at least one second user from the presented list via a graphical user interface input to the processing unit.
25. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to select the one of the subset of the online retailers for execution of the additional gift purchase of the item that has a lowest transaction cost, a highest customer satisfaction rating, or a shortest estimated shipping time.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A wire-to-wire electrical connector configured for connecting wires in an end-to-end configuration, said connector comprising:
an insulative body member comprising top and bottom walls, opposite end walls, and an internal connector position disposed between said end walls;
a wire insertion opening defined in each of said end walls;
a first contact element disposed in said connector position coaxial with said wire insertion openings, said first contact element comprising opposite end portions with a respective contact tab configured thereon, said contact tabs biased to a closed position across said respective wire insertion opening;
an actuator configured with each said wire insertion opening, said actuators movably displaceable through an opening in a wall of said body member and further comprising an engagement end in contact with a respective end portion of said first contact element;
wherein said actuators are manually depressible to move said contact tabs to an open position for insertion of a conductive core of a wire into said wire insertion opening beyond said contact tab, whereby upon release and return of said actuators, said contact tabs are biased against the conductive core of opposite wires; and
said first contact element comprising a generally C-shaped member with an elongated bottom section and bent over end portions, said contact tabs defined adjacent to terminal ends of said bent over end by angled cut-outs of said bent over end portions that extend at an angle above a plane of said bent over end portion.
2. The connector as in claim 1, wherein said engagement end of said actuators engage said first contact element adjacent to said angled cut-outs.
3. The connector as in claim 2, wherein said engagement end of said actuators comprises a recess for receipt of the conductive core of the wire in the connected state with said connector, said recess defining a stop surface against which a terminal end of the conductive core of the wire abuts in the connected state.
4. The connector as in claim 1, wherein said contact tabs block passage of the conductive core of the wire further into said wire insertion opening until moved to a position below the conductive core upon depression of said respective actuator.
5. The connector as in claim 1, further comprising a second contact element fixed in said body member at said connector position, said second contact element bridging between said contact tabs of said first contact element such that in said closed position, said contact tabs are biased against said second contact element.
6. The connector as in claim 5, wherein in the connected state, the conductive core of the wires are in conductive contact with said second contact element, said second contact element thereby providing a redundant conductive path between the opposite wires.
7. The connector as in claim 1, wherein said connector is configured as a multi-way connector with a plurality of said first contact elements and associated said wire insertion openings and actuators, whereby multiple pairs of wires may be connected via said connector.
8. The connector as in claim 7, wherein said plurality of first contact elements are electrically isolated from each other.
9. The connector as in claim 7, wherein said plurality of first contact elements are electrically shorted together such that any one wire connected to said connector is electrically connected to all other wires connected to said connector.
10. The connector as in claim 9, further comprising a plurality of second contact elements fixed in said body member at said connector positions, said second contact elements bridging between said contact tabs of said first contact elements such that in said closed position, said contact tabs are biased against said second contact element, and wherein in the connected state, the conductive core of the wires are in conductive contact with said second contact elements, said second contact elements also electrically shorted together.
11. The connector as in claim 1, wherein said body member comprises an upper shell member and a lower shell member, said first contact elements pressed into said lower shell member.
12. The connector as in claim 1, further comprising a fence wall surrounding said opening in said wall through which said actuators are depressed, said fence wall having a height relative to said wall such that said actuators must be depressed below said fence wall to move said contact tabs to the open position.
13. A wire-to-wire electrical connector configured for connecting wires in an end-to-end configuration, said connector comprising:
an insulative body member comprising top and bottom walls, opposite end walls, and an internal connector position disposed between said end walls;
a wire insertion opening defined in each of said end walls;
a first contact element disposed in said connector position coaxial with said wire insertion openings, said first contact element comprising opposite end portions with a respective contact tab configured thereon, said contact tabs biased to a closed position across said respective wire insertion opening;
an actuator configured with each said wire insertion opening, said actuators movably displaceable through an opening in a wall of said body member and further comprising an engagement end in contact with a respective end portion of said first contact element;
said actuators manually depressible to move said contact tabs to an open position for insertion of a conductive core of a wire into said wire insertion opening beyond said contact tab, whereby upon release, said actuators move to a return position with said contact tabs biased against the conductive core of opposite wires; and
said actuators configured to remain in contact with said respective end portion of said first contact element in said return position whereby the conductive core of a wire inserted into said wire insertion opening is released by subsequent depression of said actuators and disengagement of said contact tab from the conductive core of the wire; and
wherein said contact tabs are defined by angled cut-outs at terminal ends of said first contact element, said engagement end of said actuators engaging said first contact element adjacent to said angled cut-outs.
14. A wire-to-wire electrical connector configured for connecting wires in an end-to-end configuration, said connector comprising:
an insulative body member comprising top and bottom walls, opposite end walls, and an internal connector position disposed between said end walls;
a wire insertion opening defined in each of said end walls;
a first contact element disposed in said connector position coaxial with said wire insertion openings, said first contact element comprising opposite end portions with a respective contact tab configured thereon, said contact tabs biased to a closed position across said respective wire insertion opening;
an actuator configured with each said wire insertion opening, said actuators movably displaceable through an opening in a wall of said body member and further comprising an engagement end in contact with a respective end portion of said first contact element;
said actuators manually depressible to move said contact tabs to an open position for insertion of a conductive core of a wire into said wire insertion opening beyond said contact tab, whereby upon release, said actuators move to a return position with said contact tabs biased against the conductive core of opposite wires; and
said actuators configured to remain in contact with said respective end portion of said first contact element in said return position whereby the conductive core of a wire inserted into said wire insertion opening is released by subsequent depression of said actuators and disengagement of said contact tab from the conductive core of the wire; and
wherein said engagement end of said actuators comprises a recess for receipt of the conductive core of the wire in the connected state with said connector, said recess defining a stop surface against which a terminal end of the conductive core of the wire abuts in the connected state.
15. The connector as in claim 14, further comprising a second contact element fixed in said body member at said connector position, said second contact element bridging between said contact tabs of said first contact element such that in said closed position, said contact tabs are biased against said second contact element.
16. The connector as in claim 14, wherein said connector is configured as a multi-way connector with a plurality of said first contact elements and associated said wire insertion openings and actuators, whereby multiple pairs of wires may be connected via said connector.
17. The connector as in claim 16, further comprising a plurality of second contact elements fixed in said body member at said connector positions, said second contact elements bridging between said contact tabs of said first contact elements such that in said closed position, said contact tabs are biased against said second contact element, and wherein in the connected state, the conductive core of the wires are in conductive contact with said second contact elements, said second contact elements also electrically shorted together.
18. The connector as in claim 14, further comprising a fence wall surrounding said opening in said wall through which said actuators are depressed, said fence wall having a height relative to said wall such that said actuators must be depressed below said fence wall to move said contact tabs to the open position.