ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

In one embodiment, an electrical connector comprises a terminal and a connector body. The electrical connector may have a base and at least one resilient terminal beam, the terminal beam including an electrical contact surface and a locking tab at its free end. The connector body may have a cavity configured to house at least a portion of the terminal beam. The cavity may have one or more interior walls with at least one ramp along an interior wall (e.g., that reduces a portion of the cavity in at least one dimension), and a relief positioned at the end of the ramp, wherein the ramp momentarily deflects the resilient terminal beam during insertion of the terminal into the connector body, and the relief provides a reversible locking engagement with the locking tab of the terminal (e.g., fork terminal). Associated methods are also provided.