Patent ID: 7976334
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly, comprising: a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein; a contact element fixed in said body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across said channel, and a second end extending from a bottom surface of said body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB; a cap having a size and configuration so as to engage over said body, said cap comprising a recess with an open bottom that is aligned with said channel in a fitted configuration of said cap on said body, said recess configured for initial receipt of the insulated conductive core wire; wherein upon pressing engagement of said cap onto said body, the insulated conductive core wire is pressed into said channel between said opposed blades; said cap further comprising internal ribs extending downwardly from a bottom surface of a top wall of said cap, said ribs disposed so as to push the wire into said channel in the fitted configuration of said cap on said body and wherein said cap comprises longitudinally side walls extending from the top wall and the internal ribs extending between the side walls.