Patent ID: 6325657
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connection assembly, comprising a contact element having a plurality of mutually insulated parallel conductor strips made of a conductive material, the conductor strips connected at one end to a ribbon cable (10) and at the other end to respective circular conductors (5, 7); and wherein each conductor strip (20) has at least one pair of blades (29) between which the respective circular conductor (5, 7) is inserted under termination; andwherein each conductor strip comprises insulation piercing terminals that include said at least one pair of blades for each conductor strip; wherein a width of each insulation piercing terminal is wider than a width of the respective conductor strip; and wherein the insulation piercing terminals of adjacent conductor strips are mutually offset in a longitudinal direction of the conductor strips, with corresponding different axial lengths of the respective conductor strips.