Electrical connector
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorJohn R. Stull
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Abstract
A connector containing multiple terminals having two contact ends. The ends of the terminals are separated by a bridge. One end has a pair of insulation-displacing contacts for piercing insulation surrounding discrete wire during insertion into a dielectric housing and the other end has a pin receiving contact or other element for contacting electrical circuits.
Claims6
An electrical terminal having first and second contact ends interconnected by an intermediate bridge, said first contact end having a pair of spaced slotted insulation-displacing contacts, one above the other, said second contact end having means for engaging contact elements in other electrical circuits, said bridge being recessed in an area adjacent said first contact to present an access for an insulated wire and the slots in said insulation-displacing contacts having wire entrance openings adjacent and opening into the recess in said bridge, the pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned so that they pierce the same insulated wire.
An electrical connector comprising a dielectric housing having multiple parallel elongated spaced receiving channels open at both ends, each channel having interior ribs to orient and pre-stress an electrical terminal having first and second contact ends interconnected by an intermediate bridge, said first contact end having a pair of spaced slotted insulation-displacing contacts, one above the other, said second contact end having means for engaging contact elements in other electrical circuits, said bridge being recessed in an area adjacent said first contact to present an access for an insulated wire and the slots in said insulation-displacing contacts having wire entrance openings adjacent and opening into the recess in said bridge, the pair of insulation-displacing contacts positioned so that they pierce the same insulted wire.
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