Patent ID: 6500031
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A retainer for an insulation displacement connector including a contact and a connector housing, the connector housing having a hood portion and a cavity for receiving the contact, said retainer comprising:a turn-down portion formed in U shape so that a section cut by a plane facing a widthwise direction strides over the hood portion, the widthwise direction being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the insulation displacement connector, and said turn-down portion fit to the hood portion of the connector housing and extending in the widthwise direction so that a front end of an inner portion to be located in an inside of said hood portions presses the contact; a pair of holding portions provided at opposite ends, in the widthwise direction, of said turn-down portion and bent respectively in an L shape and an inverted L shape when viewed from a front-rear direction, when the longitudinal direction is regarded as the front-rear direction, so as to hold opposite end portions, in the widthwise direction, of the connector housing; and a pair of engaging portions extending frontward from said holding portions respectively so as to be engaged with the connector housing.