Box connector
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorWilhelmus T. M. Foederer
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Abstract
A box connector in which each side wall contains a slot having an insulation piercing contact. One pair of slots in opposite walls are on a different level from a second pair of slots for accommodating two different conductor wires.
Claims6
A box connector having insulation piercing contacts, characterized by a four side wall box made of electrically conductive sheet material, two corresponding pairs of slots in opposite side walls containing insulation piercing contacts said slots extending from the top of the box over a predetermined length towards the bottom of said box, each pair of slots terminating in a same level but at a different level with respect to the other pair of slots, a pair of connecting strips formed adjacent the bottom edge of said box in opposite side walls, each said strip initially converging and subsequently extending downwardly and adjacent to each other to form a means for mounting in a printed circuit board hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.