Patent ID: 6394834
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation displacement contact terminal comprising:a bottom plate; a pair of side plates that extend from both side edges of the bottom plate and oppose each other; a pair of contact plates that are partly bent respectively from the side plates and oppose each other; gaps provided between the contact plates and the bottom plate, the gaps permitting the contact plates to be moved in a direction of their being moved toward each other; a slot for receiving a clad electric wire therein, the clad electric wire having a core wire and a clothing portion that clothes the core wire, the slot being defined by edges of the contact plates, the slot having width that decreases with the movement of the contact plates, whereby with the press insertion of the clad electric wire into the slot, the edges are caused to cut into the clothing portions and to contact with the core wire; and projecting portions that respectively project from the contact plates, the projecting portions being disposed only at a bottom of the slot and made to oppose each other, whereby the clad electric wire that has been pressed toward the bottom plate is made to press the projecting portions, wherein a distance between the respective projecting portions determines the smallest width of the slot and whereby the movement of the contact plates in the direction of their being moved toward each other is thereby caused.