Patent ID: 6931719

Claim:
An insulation-displacement connector connecting apparatus for connecting an insulation-displacement connector having a housing, at least one insulation-displacement terminal mounted in the housing and configured for connection with a plurality of wires, and a cover to be mounted on the housing, comprising: a pressure-receiving table for at least partly receiving the housing with the insulation-displacement terminal mounted therein; a press unit comprising, as connection-assisting parts, a wire pushing device configured for directly engaging and pushing the wires mounted in the housing on the pressure-receiving table along a pushing axis and into the insulation-displacement terminal mounted in the housing and a cover holder offset transversely from the wire pushing device relative to the pushing axis and configured for holding the cover of the insulation-displacement connector to mount the cover on the housing after the wires are pushed into the insulation-displacement terminal, the press unit further comprising means for moving the connection-assisting parts transverse to the pushing axis for selectively aligning one of the wire pushing devices and the cover holder with the pushing axis and for subsequently pressing the respective connection-assisting parts toward the pressure-receiving table; and a drive controlling means for controllably driving the connection assisting parts transverse to the pushing axis and controllably driving the press unit along the pushing axis so as to sequentially press the wire pushing device and the cover holder.