Patent ID: 7833045

Claim:
An electrical insulation displacement connector, comprising: a body having at least one generally U-shaped channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein, said channel defined completely through said body such that the insulated conductive core wire passes through said body; a contact element fixed in said body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades and a bottom oriented across said channel above a bottom of said U-shaped channel, said contact element including a second end extending from a bottom surface of said body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB; said body comprising retaining structure extending into said channel at a location relative to a depth of said blades within said channel such that the insulation portion of a wire inserted into said channel and pressed down into said first end of said contact element is pushed below said retaining structure, thereby preventing the wire from being inadvertently pulled out from said first end of said contact, said retaining structure and channel configured relative to said blades such that the insulated conductive core wire is engaged by said blades and said bottom and passes through said channel in a straight linear path without contacting said channel.