Patent ID: 8192223

Claim:
An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly, comprising: a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein; a contact element fixed in said body with a first end defined by opposed blades oriented across said channel; a cap having a size and configuration so as to engage over said body, said cap comprising a top wall and longitudinal side walls extending from said top wall; said cap comprising at least one recess defined in one of said longitudinal side walls that aligns with said channel in a fitted configuration of said cap on said body, said recess having a closed end and an open end for initial receipt of the conductive core wire within said recess; said cap further comprising an internal structure extending downwardly from said top wall and aligned with said channel in the fitted configuration of said cap on said body; wherein upon an initial pressing of the conductive core wire into said recess and subsequent engagement of said cap onto said body, the insulated conductive core wire is pressed into said channel between said opposed blades by said internal structure; and an engaging locking structure between said cap and said body that engages in the fitted configuration of said cap on said body to prevent inadvertent removal of said cap from said body, wherein a component of said engaging locking structure is formed along at least one of said longitudinal side walls of said cap.