Insulation displacement connector with modular structure for fast IDC connection
AssigneesTE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l.
InventorsFabio De Pasquale, Thomas Klenner
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Abstract
An insulation displacement contact (IDC) cluster includes a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row. Each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal. A first IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units is coupled to a second IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units to form a modular structure by stacking and fastening together, arranging the receptacles of the IDC cluster modular units in parallel rows.
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An insulation displacement contact (IDC) cluster, comprising:
- a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row, each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal, a first IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units is coupled to a second IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units to form a modular structure by stacking and fastening together, arranging the receptacles of the IDC cluster modular units in parallel rows, each of the receptacles has a holding device keeping an electrical wire in a connection position within the IDC terminal.
An IDC cluster assembly, comprising:
- an IDC cluster including a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row, each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal, a first IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units is coupled to a second IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units to form a modular structure by stacking and fastening together, arranging the receptacles of the IDC cluster modular units in parallel rows;
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- an IDC connector including a first cover, a dual electrical contact fit into the first cover, and a second cover closing the first cover, the dual electrical contact has a magnet wire-receiving opening and an electrical wire-receiving slot, the first cover receives a magnet wire, the second cover has a wire-receiving passage receiving an electrical wire, the IDC connector is connected to the IDC cluster by the electrical wire.
A method of producing a modular IDC cluster, comprising:
- providing a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row, each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal, each of the IDC cluster modular units has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, each of the receptacles has a holding device keeping one of a plurality of electrical wires in a connection position within the IDC terminal;
- stacking the IDC cluster modular units on top of each other with the first surface of one of a first IDC cluster modular unit facing a second surface of a second IDC cluster modular unit;
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- fastening the first IDC cluster modular unit to the second IDC cluster modular unit to form an IDC cluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.