Patent ID: 6325659
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for electrically connecting external wiring to pin contacts of a second electrical connector, comprising:an electrical connector housing; anda plurality of electrical connector contacts disposed within said electrical connector housing,wherein each one of said electrical connector contacts comprises first and second insulation-displacement contact members respectively having slots which are defined within first end portions of said first and second insulation-displacement contact members and which are disposed within a plane for enabling insulation-displacement electrical connection to an external wire to be oriented in a predetermined direction within said electrical connector housing, and first and second pin-engaging contact members respectively formed upon second opposite end portions of said first and second insulation-displacement contact members for defining together a slot, also oriented in said predetermined direction, within said electrical connector housing for receiving, in a slidable electrical connection manner, a pin contact of the second electrical connector which will therefore be disposed substantially paralled to the insulation-displacement connected external wire,whereby all electrical connections between the external wire and the pin contact are able to be solderless.