Patent ID: 7156688

Claim:
An IDT connector, comprising: a base housing having a plural of conductive insulation displacement terminals to which a plurality of wires applied with outer insulation are press-fitted; a cover housing engageable with the base housing, the cover housing having a plurality of guide holes which the wires therein; a wire holder for holding said wires for insertion into the guide holes, wherein said cover housing has wire normal-position fixing means for fixing said wires in a normal position within said guide holes with respect to a connection direction of said wires, the wire normal-position fixing means including tapered bores that form inner surfaces of said guide holes, diameters of said tapered bores gradually decreasing relative to diameters of said wires and, wherein said wires are fixed a normal position in said cover housing by said tapered bores and are brought into contact with said insulation displacement terminals when said cover housing is engaged with said base housing.