Patent ID: 7942689
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H01R

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