Patent ID: 6325658
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation-displacement terminal fitting formed from a metal plate material, said terminal fitting having a bottom wall and two substantially parallel side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall such that a wire receiving space is defined between said side walls and above said bottom wall, each said side wall being embossed inwardly to form at least one substantially V-shaped blade projecting from the respective side wall and into the wire receiving space for cutting into an insulation coating of a wire inserted into the wire receiving space for connection with a core of the wire, each said V-shaped blade having first and second blade panels unitarily joined to the respective side wall along first and second connecting portions, the blade panels of each V-shaped blade being unitarily joined to one another at a contact edge in the wire receiving space, each said blade panel having a weakened portion formed in a section of the blade panel adjacent the respective connecting portion and spaced from the respective contact edge, each weakened portion being formed by removing a selected amount of the metal plate material.