Patent ID: 7097492

Claim:
A terminal comprising: a contact zone having a longitudinal axis; a slit blade insulation piercing connector (SBIPC) having a wire receiving slit, said SBIPC being in said contact zone; an insulating housing having an inlet slot shaped to receive an insulated wire, said housing retaining said SBIPC in said contact zone with said inlet slot being aligned with said wire receiving slit of said SBIPC; a first pair of rib-shaped projections positioned a distance from said SBIPC along said longitudinal axis, and disposed along opposite edges of said inlet slot; said housing further comprising two walls spaced apart from one another defining a groove-shaped extension therebetween, said extension projecting outward from said inlet slot along said longitudinal axis and having a distal end remote from said inlet slot, said extension being dimensioned to retain therein a free end of the insulated wire, wherein said extension at least in part, has a width which is smaller or at most slightly larger than an outer diameter of the insulated wire so as to clamp the insulated wire, and wherein said extension further comprises a second pair of rib-shaped projections near said distal end to define a reception slot therebetween for the insulated wire.