Patent ID: 6036531
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement contact connector assembly including:an insulative housing receiving a plurality of contacts therein;two receptacles respectively formed at two opposite ends of the housing, each of said receptacles having a resiliently deflectable lateral outer wall, an inner wall opposite the outer wall and two opposite side walls interconnecting the outer wall and the inner wall thereby providing an expandable space, the side walls being deflectable independent of the lateral outer wall;an insulative cover having two opposite engagement arms latched to the receptacles of the insulative housing; anda locking cover including two arms respectively formed at two opposite ends thereof, each of said two arms including an outward protrusion capable of outwardly deflecting the lateral outer wall to permit the arm to be inserted into the expandable space of a corresponding receptacle, thereby latchably engaging the arm with said receptacle.