Insulation displacement contact element

An insulation displacement contact element, comprising a resilient contact material formed with a first contact leg, a second contact leg and a base portion, connecting said first contact leg and said second contact leg, said first contact leg and said second contact leg cooperating to define a contact slot therebetween, said contact slot having an insertion opening and an opposite inner end, said contact slot having a wire contact zone, said first contact leg and said second contact leg having outer edges parallel to each other and parallel to edges of said contact slot, said outer edges defining a first contact material width corresponding to said inner end and a second contact material width corresponding to said contact zone and a third contact material width corresponding to said insertion opening, said second contact material width being smaller than said first contact material width and smaller than said third contact material width, said second contact material width being formed by providing resilient material cutouts in said resilient material in an area of said contact zone, wherein a length of said cutouts approximately corresponds to a length of said wire contact zone of said contact slot.

An insulation displacement contact element, comprising a resilient contact material formed with a first contact leg, a second contact leg and a base portion, connecting said first contact leg and said second contact leg, said first contact leg and said second contact leg cooperating to define a contact slot therebetween, said contact slot having an insertion opening, said contact slot having a wire contact zone, said first contact leg and said second contact leg having outer edges, said outer edges being provided with cutouts in an area of said contact zone such that said cutouts maintain said outer edges in parallel relation to said contact slot, wherein said contact slot has an inner end, opposed to said insertion opening, said inner end being provided with triangular, lateral cut-free portions increasing a width of said inner end relative to a width of said contact slot at said contact zone.

An insulation displacement contact element, comprising a resilient contact material formed with a first contact leg, a second contact leg and a base portion, connecting said first contact leg and said second contact leg, said first contact leg and said second contact leg cooperating to define a contact slot therebetween, said contact slot having an insertion opening, said contact slot having a wire contact zone, said first contact leg and said second contact leg having outer edges generally parallel to said contact slot, said outer edges being provided with cutouts in an area of said contact zone, wherein a U-shaped slot is formed in said resilient contact material with a base slot transversely connected to an inner end of said contact slot, opposed to said insertion opening, and lateral slots of said U-shaped slot extend towards said insertion opening.