Patent ID: 7056146

Claim:
An insulation displacement contact comprising: a pair of insulation displacement blades opposite to each other with their bases connected to each other, inner sides of the blades forming, a slot for receiving an insulated wire of which core wire portion is covered with an insulation, the pair of insulation displacement blades being arranged to cut the insulation and come in press-contact with the core wire portion when the insulated wire is inserted into the slot; and a pair of resilient contact pieces each made of a plate member which is connected to an outer side of each insulation displacement blade, which extends toward a side opposite an inlet of the slot up to a position exceeding the base of each insulation displacement blade, which has a contact portion for holding or nipping a mating contact at a position opposite the slot inlet with respect to the base of each insulation displacement blade, and which has, between the connection portion connected to the outer side of each insulation displacement blade and the contact portion, a tapering portion of which width is gradually narrowed in the direction toward the contact portion, wherein, when the insulated wire is inserted into the slot, respective ones of the pair of insulation displacement blades move apart from one another while simultaneously therewith respective ones of the pair of resilient contact pieces move toward each other.