Patent ID: 6406323
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a contact element bifurcated so as to define two opposed contact portions separated by a slot in which insulated wires may be successively positioned so that edges of the contact portions engage and displace the insulation of the wires and such that the contact portions resiliently engage and make electrical connection with the conductors of the wires, the opposed contact portions defining a slot side to side direction; a body supporting said contact element, said body including a plurality of wire guides, each of said wire guides for guiding a wire during positioning, one of said wire guides defining a first guiding direction with a guiding path positioning a wire in contact with said two opposed contact portions in said slot at a first angle with respect to said slot side to side direction and another of said wire guides defining a second guiding direction with a guiding path positioning a wire in contact with said two opposed contact portions in said slot with at a second angle with respect to said slot side to side direction, said first angle being greater than said second angle.