Patent ID: 6604957
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly attachable to a cable having a plurality of insulated wires and adapted to mount to a body having a mating connector with a plurality of male connector blades comprising:a housing having an attaching portion receiving said cable in sealing relation; a contact holder having a plurality of receptacles, one for each of said wires of said cable; a contact received in each receptacle and comprising a seating portion and an upright portion inclined relative to said seating portion; said seating portion defining a wire-receiving aperture having a V-shaped slot with insulation piercing edges; and a pusher element for each contact, each pusher element having a first aperture adapted to receive an associated wire of said cable and a slot extending generally transverse of said first aperture and in communication therewith for receiving a distal end of a seating portion of an associated contact, whereby a wire may be placed through a first aperture of a pusher element and a wire-receiving aperture of an associated contact and said pusher element is moved onto said seating portion of said associated contact to establish an insulation displacement connection between said wire and its associated contact.