Wire tap connector with insultation displacement contact
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsBrian Keith Weaver, William James Moyer, II
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Abstract
An electrical connector which can be used to field terminate a cable. The electrical connector includes a housing having a base member and a cover member. An electrical terminal is positioned in a terminal receiving cavity of the housing. The electrical terminal includes an insulation displacement portion and a quick disconnect portion. The insulation displacement portion has insulation displacement slots provide at a first end of the terminal. The quick disconnect portion is positioned at a second end of the terminal.
Claims18
An electrical connector which can be used to field terminate a cable, the electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a base member and a cover member, the base member having a wire receiving portion with wire receiving slots provided in sidewalls, cover retention arms provided on the sidewalls proximate the wire receiving slots, the cover retention arms having lead in surfaces and latching shoulders provide at free ends thereof;
- an electrical terminal positioned in a terminal receiving cavity of the housing, the electrical terminal comprising:
- an insulation displacement portion with insulation displacement slots provided at a first end of the terminal;
- and
- a quick disconnect portion provided at a second end of the terminal;
- the wire receiving slots positioned in line with the insulation displacement slots of the terminal.
An electrical connector which can be used to field terminate a cable, the electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a base member and a cover member, the base member having;
- an electrical terminal positioned in a terminal receiving cavity of the housing, the electrical terminal comprising:
- an insulation displacement portion with insulation displacement slots provided at a first end of the terminal;
- and
- a quick disconnect portion provided at a second end of the terminal;
- the cover member has a first wall and a second wall which extends essentially perpendicular to the first wall, a hinge is provide on the first wall and extends from the first wall in a direction away from the second wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.