Patent ID: 6386900
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An insulation-displacement terminal fitting for use with a wire (W) having a core (Wb) and an resin coating (Wa) surrounding the core (Wb), the insulation-displacement terminal fitting having opposed first and second side walls (12) and a wire-receiving space therebetween, first and second substantially V-shaped insulation-displacement portions (16; 17; 18) projecting from the respective first and second side walls (12) and into the wire-receiving space, each said insulation-displacement portion (16; 17; 18) being formed by first and second plates (16F, 16R; 17F, 17R; 18F, 18R) bent from the respective side wall (12) at a selected bending angle and meeting at a projecting end of the respective insulation-displacement portion (16; 17; 18), the bending angle of the first plate (16F; 17F; 18F) of at least the first insulation-displacement portion (16; 17; 18) to the first side wall (12) being different from the bending angle of the second plate (16R; 17R; 18R) of the first insulation-displacement portion (16; 17; 18) to the first side-wall (12), wherein insertion of the wire (W) transversely into the wire-receiving space causes the projecting ends of the insulation-displacement portions (16; 17; 18) to cut the resin coating (Wa) of the wire (W) and contact the core (Wb) of the wire (W).