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US 9,543,665 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.
Claims28
An insulation displacement contact, comprising:
- a mounting portion configured to mounted onto a substrate so as to place the insulation displacement contact in electrical communication with the substrate;
- a first arm that extends out with respect to the mounting portion, the first arm comprising a first C-shaped hump having a first concavity facing the substrate when the mounting portion is mounted onto the substrate, and the first arm defining a first insulation displacement slot;
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- a second arm that extends out with respect to the mounting portion, the second arm comprising a second C-shaped hump having a second concavity facing the substrate when the mounting portion is mounted onto the substrate, and the second arm defining a second insulation displacement slot that is aligned with the first insulation displacement slot along a longitudinal direction so that when an electrical cable extends through both of the first and second insulation displacement slots along the longitudinal direction, respective first and second piercing members that at least partially define respective ones of the first and second insulation displacement slots pierce an outer electrically insulative layer of the electrical cable and contact an electrical conductor of the electrical cable that is disposed inside the electrically insulative layer,
- wherein the insulation displacement contact defines a strain relief aperture that extends through at least one of the first and second arms, the strain relief aperture being positioned such that one of the first and second insulation displacement slots is positioned between the other of the insulation displacement slots and the strain relief aperture, and opposed surface portions that at least partially define the strain relief aperture are configured to grip the outer electrically insulative layer without extending through the outer electrically insulative layer to the electrical conductor when the electrical cable extends through the both insulation displacement slots and the strain relief aperture.
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An insulation displacement contact, comprising:
- a mounting portion configured to mounted onto a substrate so as to place the insulation displacement contact in electrical communication with the substrate, the mounting portion having a base that includes first and second base segments that are spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction;
- a first arm that extends out with respect to the first base segment, the first arm comprising a first C-shaped hump and having an inner region, and an outer region that is angled toward the inner region as it extends along a direction away from the base, and the first arm defining a first insulation displacement slot;
- a second arm that extends out with respect to the second base segment, the second arm comprising a second C-shaped hump and having an inner region, and an outer region that is angled toward the inner region of the second arm as it extends along a direction away from the base, and the second arm defining a second insulation displacement slot,
- wherein the first base segment extends from the outer region of the first arm in a direction opposite the inner region of the first arm, and the first and second insulation displacement slots are aligned with each other along the longitudinal direction so that, when an electrical cable extends through both of the first and second insulation displacement slots along the longitudinal direction, respective first and second piercing members that at least partially define respective ones of the first and second insulation displacement slots pierce an outer electrically insulative layer of the electrical cable and contact an electrical conductor of the electrical cable that is disposed inside the electrically insulative layer;
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- an electrically insulative connector housing comprising a first wall, a second wall and a third wall disposed between the first wall and the second wall, the third wall being positioned between the first arm and the second arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.