Patent ID: 6019627
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plug connector, comprising:a two-part housing including a housing lower part and a cover connected to said housing lower part, said housing lower part having a plug body containing plug contacts and said cover having an underneath side with grooves formed therein;a connecting cable having insulated individual conductors connected to said plug contacts via insulation displacement connection (IDC) technology;at least one group of IDC contacts connected to said plug contacts, said at least one group of IDC contacts each having an insulation-piercing terminal slot formed therein and said at least one group of IDC contacts fixed in said housing lower part transversely with respect to said insulated individual conductors, said grooves running in an insertion direction of said insulated individual conductors and facing said housing lower part in a region corresponding roughly to a region with said at least on group of IDC contacts, said grooves matching a shape of said insulated individual conductors;fork-shaped guides disposed in said housing lower part on both sides of said at least one group of IDC contacts in said insertion direction and projecting above said at least one group of IDC contacts for receiving said insulated individual conductors;screws connecting said cover to said housing lower part; andsaid insulated individual conductors being pressed into said at least one group of IDC contacts and making contact with said at least one group of IDC contacts as said screws are tightened during a connection of said cover to said housing lower part.