Patent ID: 6988909

Claim:
An actuator for connection to a harness including a signal line covered by a coating, the actuator comprising: a connector body including an input terminal and an output terminal; a cover attached to the connector body to hold the harness with the connector body; at least one of the connector body and the cover including a cutting portion arranged between the input terminal and the output terminal to cut the signal line of the harness into two cut pieces when attaching the connector body and the cover to each other; the input terminal and the output terminal each including two contact portions that penetrate through the coating of the signal line of the harness to contact one of the two cut pieces of the signal line when attaching the connector body and the cover to each other; the cutting portion including an insulator for preventing the two cut pieces of the signal line from being electrically connected with each other; and the insulator including a distal end and a tapered portion that narrows toward the distal end.