Patent ID: 6931727

Claim:
An electrical connection method for connecting multi-conductor cable having multiple conductors wherein each conductor is substantially surrounded by insulation, said multi-conductor cable being cable from the group of flat flexible cable, laminated printed circuits, encapsulated round wire ribbon cable, and cables with multiple conductors, said connection method comprising the steps of: providing a connection base with multiple contacts, said contacts located at least partially within the base and having at least one extension; pressing the multi-conductor cable into the base with an actuator; cutting and removing the insulation from a surface of each of the conductors in the cable with an insulation-displacing surface located on at least one extension; limiting a depth the insulation-displacing surface cuts into the cable with a depth limiter thereby preventing the insulation-displacing surface from damaging the conductors; and interlocking the actuator with the base, thereby engaging the multi-conductor cable with the multiple contacts.