Patent ID: 6482026
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement connector comprising:a connector housing including a front wall, a rear wall opposite said front wall, and a cavity within said connector housing located in a front wall-rear wall direction for receiving at least one contact; the at least one contact including a connection portion provided at the front wall so as to be brought into contact with a partner contact; at least one slot opened in a heightwise direction perpendicular to the front wall-rear wall direction and located rearward of the connection portion configured to fit a core of an electric wire inserted from the heightwise direction with an insulation displacement load; a holding mechanism configured to hold said contact in said connector housing; a support portion configured to protrude outward from one of a first outer wall at a first end in the heightwise direction of said connector housing and a second outer wall at a second end in the heightwise direction of said connector housing; an arm configured to extend in the front wall-rear wall direction and connected to said support portion in one of an intermediate portion and a rear portion of said support portion and including an engaging portion located at a front portion of said support portion for engaging with a partner connector; at least one electric wire insertion hole opened in a surface of one of the first and second outer walls located rearward of the rearmost portion of said support portion and said surface of one of the first and second outer walls is configured to position the electric wire for insertion in the at least one slot; and a pressure-receiving wall configured to receive the insulation displacement load when the core of the electric wire is inserted and provided on one of the first outer wall and the second outer wall, located rearward of the rearmost portion of said support portion, and which is opposite to said at least one electric wire insertion hole, wherein a locking mechanism is provided by the support portion and the arm, a connector housing rear half portion of said connector housing is configured to receive the slot of said contact and is located to the rear of said support portion and said arm, and said at least one contact is one of a male and female contact.