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US 5,961,342 AGranted
Dual sided insulation displacement connector terminal strip
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorBassel Hage Daoud
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Abstract
A double sided insulation displacement terminal strip for use in an insulation displacement type connector block that contains oppositely facing, electrically connected arrays of insulation displacement connectors (IDCs) on both sides of the connector block. The connectors may be punch down or tool-less, push cap type IDCs. The double sided insulation displacement terminal strips can incorporate a reversible test feature.
Claims12
A dual sided insulation displacement terminal strip comprising:
- an elongated electrically conductive strip having a first end and a second end longitudinally opposite the first end;
- a first wire gripping region at said first end for stripping insulation from, and gripping therein, a first electrical conductor;
- a second wire gripping region at said second end for stripping insulation from, and gripping therein, a second electrical conductor, such that said first conductor and said second conductor are electromechanically connected to each other via said terminal strip when gripped by said first and said second gripping regions;
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- at least one electrically conductive test ear extending beyond a selected one of said first and said second wire gripping regions in a first longitudinal direction.
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A method of manufacturing a double sided insulation displacement connector terminal strip, comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongated electrically conductive strip having a first end and a second end longitudinally opposite the first end;
- forming a first wire gripping region at said first end for stripping insulation from, and gripping therein, a first electrical conductor;
- forming a second wire gripping region at said second end for stripping insulation from, and gripping therein, a second electrical conductor;
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- forming a first electrically conductive test ear extending beyond said first wire gripping region in a first longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.