Patent ID: 6494750
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement connector comprising:at least one contact including: a connection portion provided at a front end wherein a longitudinal direction comprises a front-rear direction and wherein said front end is engageable with a partner contact, and a slot opened in a heightwise direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and provided in a side more rear than the connection portion for fitting a core at a front end of an electric wire insertable therein from a heightwise direction with an insulation displacement, wherein said contact comprises one of a male contact and a female contact; a connector housing including: a cavity formed in said connector housing in the front-rear direction for receiving said contact, a hood portion protruding rearward from a rear end of a first outer wall on the side where the slot is opened, and an electric wire insertion hole opened in the first outer wall in a range of from a portion corresponding to the slot to a rear end of the hood portion; and a retainer including: a turned-down portion which is U-shape so that a section cut by a plane facing a widthwise direction which extends over the hood portion in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and to the heightwise direction comprises the widthwise direction, wherein the turned-down portion is fitted to the hood portion and extends in the widthwise direction so that a front end of an inner portion to be located in an inside portion of the hood portions presses said contact from a back side thereof, a pair of holding portions provided at opposite ends, in the widthwise direction, of the turned-down portion and bent respectively so as to form an L-shape and an inverted L-shape when viewed from the front-rear direction so as to hold opposite end portions, in the widthwise direction, of said connector housing, and a pair of engaging portions extending frontward from the holding portions, respectively, so as to be engaged with said connector housing.