Field-attachable connector
AssigneeWoodhead Industries, Inc.
InventorRiccardo Comini
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Abstract
A field-attachable contact assembly includes a contact having a seat portion which includes a wire-receiving aperture having a generally circular portion for receiving an insulated wire and a narrowing V-shaped portion for establishing an insulation displacement connection with the wire. A pusher includes a slot for receiving the seat of the contact, and an aperture which, when aligned with the circular portion of the contact opening, receives the wire. The pusher is then pushed onto the contact to establish an IDC electrical connection between the contact and the wire.
Claims8
A connector assembly attachable to a cable having a plurality of insulated wires and adapted to mount to a body having a mating connector with a plurality of male connector blades comprising:
- a housing having an attaching portion receiving said cable in sealing relation;
- a contact holder having a plurality of receptacles, one for each of said wires of said cable;
- a contact received in each receptacle and comprising a seating portion and an upright portion inclined relative to said seating portion;
- said seating portion defining a wire-receiving aperture having a V-shaped slot with insulation piercing edges;
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- a pusher element for each contact, each pusher element having a first aperture adapted to receive an associated wire of said cable and a slot extending generally transverse of said first aperture and in communication therewith for receiving a distal end of a seating portion of an associated contact, whereby a wire may be placed through a first aperture of a pusher element and a wire-receiving aperture of an associated contact and said pusher element is moved onto said seating portion of said associated contact to establish an insulation displacement connection between said wire and its associated contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.