Patent ID: 6702605
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement contact comprising:a conductive element having an aperture therein, opposed portions of the edge of the aperture defining opposed contact portions which extend inwardly towards each other and which have inner opposed contact edges which define a channel therebetween, whereby a wire having a conductor surrounded by insulation may be introduced into the channel and pressed into the channel to cut the insulation of the wire and make electrical contact between the contact edges and the conductor, the insulation displacement contact having, at opposed side edges of the conductive element, respective flanges which are generally parallel to the direction of extent of said channel and which are oppositely directed with respect to each other, wherein the conductive element defines a central portion which is elongate in the direction of extent of said channel, and said flanges extend in said direction and out of a plane of the central portion to respective opposite sides of said plane and the contact portions extend from substantially fixed ends at an angle to the direction of extent of the channel and converge towards each other, said contact portions having free end parts which extend generally parallel to each other and which define said contact edges and free end edges of said free end parts extend transversely with respect to a direction of extent of said channel and diverge outwardly with respect to each other in a direction away from said substantially fixed ends to form a lead-in structure for facilitating entry of the wire into the channel.