Patent ID: 6361352
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A slit-type insulation-displacement connector for electrical wire, comprising:a conducting connection piece (2; 52) having a stripping and retaining slit (8; 58) for receiving a wire core, the slit being made longitudinally along the conducting connection piece; and a resilient and elastic metal reinforcement (4; 54) dimensioned so as to continuously engage the conducting connection piece (2; 52) by surrounding the conducting connection piece, thereby causing the conducting connection piece to exert a pressure on the wire core uniformly along the slit, wherein the conducting connection piece is dimensioned to contact the elastic metal reinforcement over substantially the entire length and height of the elastic metal reinforcement, and the conducting connection piece has a shape which is followed by the elastic metal reinforcement (4; 54) which fits tightly over the conducting connection piece, and wherein the stripping and retaining slit (8; 58) is for receiving at least one wire core and has edges that are substantially parallel so that the slit remains substantially straight.