US 2003/0199191 A1 · Wire retaining connector block

Abstract

A commoning electrical connector 2 includes multiple insulation displacement terminals 30 mounted in a molded electrical connector housing 10. The connector 2 can be used to common wires 4 in automotive wiring harnesses and provides a low profile package for mounting wires in a confined space, such as in an automobile headliner. The terminated connector 2 can be adhesively bonded to a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. The molded housing 10 also includes wire retention members 14 on exterior faces of side walls so that the housing 10 can be molded without side pulls. Wires are laced in a termination fixture 60, and the connector 2 aligned by fixture posts 70 and alignment holes 22 on the connector, which is then pushed onto the termination fixture 60 to terminate wires 4 in insulation displacement slots 32.

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Dependent claims

An electrical connector for use in commoning wires and for mounting the wires on a substructure, the electrical connector comprising:

a molded housing including a cavity formed by an interior surface of at least one wall with channels extending through the wall;
at least one insulation displacement terminal mounted in the cavity and secured to the molded housing, each insulation displacement terminal including multiple wire receiving slots aligned with the channels extending though the walls, each insulation displacement terminal comprising means for commoning at least two wires;
and
wire retention members molded as part of the housing on an exterior surface of the wall, each wire retention member being positioned to prevent extraction of a wire from the wire receiving slot and from the channel after the wire has been terminated to the insulation displacement terminal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wire retaining connector block

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Wire retaining connector block

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Abstract

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