Patent ID: 6413115
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation-displacement terminal fitting for use with a wire, the wire having a core and a resin coating surrounding the core, the insulation-displacement terminal fitting comprising: first and second opposed side walls defining a wire-receiving space therebetween, first and second insulation-displacement portions cut from portions of the respective side walls and folded to cantilever into the wire receiving space, each said insulation-displacement portion having a bent portion in the wire-receiving space and an extending end extending from the bent portion back toward the respective side wall from which the respective insulation-displacement portion is cantilevered, whereby the resin coating of the wire pushed into the wire receiving space is cut open by the bent portions of insulation-displacement portions, such that the core of the wire is brought into contact with the bent portions, wherein openings are cut into the respective side walls for forming the insulation-displacement portions, each said opening having a plurality of edges, each said insulation-displacement portion having a base end unitary with the respective side wall at one of said edges, each said insulation-displacement portion being folded about the base end away from the respective opening, and wherein the side walls are formed with stoppers disposed for engaging the extending ends of the insulation-displacement portions for restricting movements of the extending ends substantially parallel with the side walls.