Patent ID: 8070527

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a limiting member having an upper side to receive a cable, a bottom side opposite said upper side and a piercer hole formed through said upper and bottom sides; a pair of spaced apart clamping structures formed on said upper side of said limiting member in parallel manner and sandwiching said piercer hole therebetween, each clamping structure including protrusions projecting upwardly from said upper side and having a top portion, a cross-section width gradually larger toward said top portion and a recess in between said protrusions; a terminal disposed on said bottom side of said limiting member, having a piercing section extending into said piercer hole to pierce through a material of the cable so as to be exposed from said upper side of said limiting member; and a cover member substantially entirely covering said limiting member such that downward depression of said cover member over said limiting member during assembly results in piercing said piercer section of said terminal through said cable material so as to expose said piercer section from said upper side of said limiting member; wherein, a gap defined by an adjacent pair of said protrusions of said clamping structures is smaller than an adjacent pair of said recesses of said clamping structures in order for clamping said cable material.