Patent ID: 6254421
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly for termination to an insulated wire, comprising:an insulative housing;at least one wire carrier pivotably mounted to said housing at a termination location;a terminal mounted in said housing and including an IDC section defined by a pair of beam portions having an IDC slot therebetween extending upwardly to an entrance to said IDC slot at upper portions of said beam portions;said wire carrier having a pivot section at a rear end thereof disposed within a complementary pivot section of said housing, and further having a wire-receiving passageway thereinto from a front face that passes above said entrance to said IDC slot of said terminal when said wire carrier is in a first or open position, and said wire carrier being pivotable to a second or closed position, thereby urging a wire disposed along said wire-receiving passageway into said IDC slot;wherein said wire carrier includes a stop section that cooperates with a pair of stop members of said housing to limit upward pivoting movement to define said first or open position of said wire carrier; andwherein said wire carrier includes a pair of closed position detents cooperable with respective said stop members of said housing to secure said wire carrier in said closed position, said closed position detents adapted to ride over said stop members when said wire carrier is pivoted to said closed position.