Patent ID: 7938673

Claim:
A terminal block, comprising: a housing including housing walls; and a plurality of insulation displacement contacts, the insulation displacement contacts being arranged in a first row and a second row that extends parallel to the first row, each of the insulation displacement contacts being arranged between two of the housing walls, the insulation displacement contacts being aligned at an angle of 45° with respect to the housing walls, wherein the insulation displacement contacts form contact pairs, wherein the insulation displacement contacts of each contact pair are aligned parallel to one another, whereas the insulation displacement contacts of adjacent contact pairs in each row are arranged with respect to one another such that they are rotated through 90° about a longitudinal axis of each of the insulation displacement contacts, and wherein the housing wall extending between the insulation displacement contacts of a contact pair has a constant width that is narrower than a constant width of the housing wall extending between the insulation displacement contacts of adjacent contact pairs.