Patent ID: 6149454
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A pressure-connection connector comprising:a housing having a plurality of terminal slots opening at the upper face of said housing and a plurality of pressure-insertion slots extending downwardly from said terminal slots; anda plurality of terminals, each of said terminals comprises:a terminal base provided in parallel to a plane including an axial direction of a cable;a pair of pressure-connection blade members extending downwardly from said terminal base to form a terminal recess between them and displaced in opposite directions in a direction of terminal thickness;at least one pair of permanent latch members provided on opposite side walls of said terminal base for engagement with side walls of said pressure-insertion slot; andat least one pair of temporary latch members provided on said opposite side walls below said permanent latch members for engagement with said side walls of said pressure-insertion slot, wherein each of said pressure-insertion slots being provided with a pair of escape channels extending vertically in opposite face of said each of said pressure-insertion slots so that said pressure-connection blade members of said terminal are received and guided by said escape channels.