Patent ID: 6524127
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement connector adapted to receive an associated cable having a conductor and a covering over the conductor, the cable having a diameter and the conductor, which is within the cable, having a diameter less than that of the cable, the connector comprising:a body, and at least one contact carried by the body, the at least one contact having at least one wall having a slot formed therein defining bifurcated wall sections, the slot further defining an entrance therein between the bifurcated wall sections, each wall section having an outwardly inclined surface defining a reversed bevel contiguous with an inwardly inclined surface extending into the each outwardly inclined surfaces defining a cutting edge formed thereon, each cutting edge being oriented radially relative to a cable inserted into the connectors a juncture of the inwardly inclined surface and its contiguous outwardly inclined surface defining an apex.