Patent ID: 7407407

Claim:
A flat cable connector arrangement for connecting an insulated conductor ( 3 ) of a flat multi-conductor cable ( 2 , 2 ′) having an outer cable sheath ( 4 ) with an electrical load, comprising: (a) housing means including a base member ( 8 ) and a cover member ( 7 ) that cooperate to define a through passage for receiving a linear intermediate portion of the flat cable; (b) a plurality of insulation-piercing electrical contacts ( 9 ) mounted within said housing, each of said contacts being operable to pierce the cable sheath and the insulation layer ( 3 a ) of at least one of said conductors, thereby to electrically engage the conductor; (c) at least one locator lug ( 41 ) formed from an electrically-insulating synthetic plastic material; and (d) mounting means normally supporting said locator lug within said housing through passage at an operable first position for entry within an access opening contained in the intermediate portion of said cable ( 2 ) and that extends between the adjacent ends of a conductor separated by the opening, said locator lug being operable during the assembly of the connector with a uniform cable ( 2 ′) that does not contain an access opening toward an inoperable second condition out of the plane defined by the adjacent surface of the cable intermediate portion.