Patent ID: 7845968
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising a base; a wire carrier, the wire carrier having a surface facing the base; a wire passage in the wire carrier; a pierce point slot in the wire carrier, the slot having opposed walls each extending from the wire passage to the surface; a metal contact member, the contact member having a mounting portion on the base, a contact element, and first and second pierce points, said pierce points spaced along the mounting position and extending into the pierce point slot, each pierce point having a small tip at the top of the pierce point and a first alignment side extending along the pierce point between the tip and the mounting portion, and a second tapered side extending along the pierce point between the tip and the mounting portion, the alignment side of the first pierce slidably engaging one slot wall, the alignment side of the second pierce point slidably engaging the other slot wall; wherein upon positioning an insulated wire in the wire passage when the wire carrier is in a wire insertion position and moving the base and wire carrier together to a contact position, the pierce point tips penetrate the wire to form laterally spaced insulation displacement electrical connections with a conductor in the wire.