Patent ID: 7281941
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A stripping and contact device for an insulation displacement connector comprising: a) a body having a cavity therein sized to receive said unstripped end of insulated electrical cable; b) a lid pivotally connected to said body and movable around an axis of rotation between and open position and a closed position; c) plural metallic contact plates, including a hot contact plate, a neutral contact plate, and at least one ground contact plate, said contact plates being spaced apart and attached to the lid whereby when said lid is in open position said contact plates do not extend within said cavity and when said lid in a closed position said contact plates do extend within said cavity; and d) a pair of insulating wedges including a first wedge juxtaposed between said hot contact plate and said at least one ground contact plate and a second wedge juxtaposed between said neutral contact plate and said at least one ground contact plate.