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US 9,543,664 B2Granted
Insulation displacement connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorJames M. Sabo
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Abstract
An insulation displacement contact includes a monolithic electrically conductive contact body that includes mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portion defines a pair of insulation displacement slots configured to receive an electrical cable delivered by a connector housing. The insulation displacement contact includes a retention wall that is received by the connector housing in order to insert the electrical cable into the insulation displacement slots. The connector housing can further receive the insulation displacement contact so as to deliver the mounting portion to a complementary electrical component to which the insulation displacement contact is mounted.
Claims20
An insulation displacement contact, comprising:
- a mounting portion that is configured to be mounted onto a complementary electrical component, the mounting portion defining first and second opposed ends spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction;
- a mating portion that extends out with respect to the mounting portion, the mating portion including 1) a first arm that extends out from the first end of the mounting portion and toward the second end of the mounting portion, and 2) a second arm that extends out from the second end of the mounting portion and extends toward the first end of the mounting portion;
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- at least one retention wall that extends from one of the first and second ends, the at least one retention wall configured to be received in a connector housing that is secured onto the insulation displacement contact, and the at least one retention wall defining an inner surface that faces the first arm so as to define a retention gap between the inner surface and the first arm, the retention gap sized to receive a portion of the connector housing when the connector housing is secured onto the insulation displacement contact,
- wherein the first and second arms are spaced from each other so as to define first and second slots that are aligned with each other along the longitudinal direction and configured to receive an electrical cable, wherein at least one of the first and second arms includes at least one piercing member that at least partially defines the at least one of the slots, and is configured to pierce an outer electrically insulative layer of the electrical cable and contacts an electrical conductor of the electrical cable that is disposed inside the electrically insulative layer when the electrical cable is disposed in the at least one of the slots.
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An insulation displacement contact, comprising:
- a mounting portion that is configured to be mounted onto a complementary electrical component, the mounting portion defining first and second opposed ends spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction;
- a mating portion that extends out with respect to the mounting portion, the mating portion including 1) a first arm that extends out from the first end of the mounting portion and toward the second end of the mounting portion, and 2) a second arm that extends out from the second end of the mounting portion and extends toward the first end of the mounting portion, each of the first and second arms defining a respective proximal portion that is attached to the mounting portion and a distal portion opposite the proximal portion, and each of the first and second arms being cantilevered such that the distal portion of each of the first and second arms is free from attachment to the mounting portion and is rotatable with respect to the proximal portion of another of the first and second arms;
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- at least one retention wall that extends from one of the first and second ends, the at least one retention wall configured to be received in a connector housing that is secured onto the insulation displacement contact,
- wherein the first and second arms are spaced from each other so as to define first and second slots that are aligned with each other along the longitudinal direction and configured to receive an electrical cable, wherein at least one of the first and second arms includes at least one piercing member that at least partially defines the at least one of the slots, and is configured to pierce an outer electrically insulative layer of the electrical cable and contacts an electrical conductor of the electrical cable that is disposed inside the electrically insulative layer when the electrical cable is disposed in the at least one of the slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.