Patent ID: 6276955
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An IDC strain relief cap assembly, with an electrical contact, to interconnect a wire, with an electrical conductor, said assembly comprising:a. a protective block having a plurality of spaced, cylindrically shaped pins; andb. a metal IDC contact having:(i) a first end having a hollow cylindrically shaped portion to engage one of said cylindrically shaped pins on said block to retain said IDC contact relative to said block,(ii) a second end defining a ""U"" shaped end having:(a) upper and lower plate shaped portions aligned axially relative to said hollow cylindrically shaped portion,(b) a hole in said upper plate shaped portion having a diameter less than said electrical conductor and a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending out from the center of said hole to form a star shaped pattern, and(c) a hole in said lower plate shaped portion having a diameter less than said electrical conductor and a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending out from the center of said hole to form a star shaped pattern, said holes in said upper and lower plate shaped portions being generally axially aligned.