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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1982
William B Long, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Suel G Shannon, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John R Shuey, Carlisle, PA (US);
Daniel E Stahl, Hummelstown, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for connecting insulated conductors to electrical terminals comprises a dielectric housing member having terminal-receiving passageways extending therethrough and conductor-receiving areas extending normal to the terminal-receiving passageways. Electrical terminals are secured in the terminal-receiving passageways; each of the terminals includes a contact section and a conductor-terminating section. The conductor-terminating section is formed of overlapping members having coincident slots, the outer angled edges of the slots adapted to cut through the insulation of the conductor when the conductor is forced into the slots and inner parallel edges of the slots adapted to score and electrically engage the conductive core of the conductor. A cover member has opposing leg members that extend along the overlapping members of the conductor-terminating sections as the leg members move into respective terminal-receiving passageways, the leg members having arcuate surfaces that will force the conductive cores of the conductors to the rounded bottoms of the coincident slots when the cover member is positioned on the housing member. The housing member and the cover member have latching members latching them together and the overlapping members of the conductor-terminating sections include securing barbs that engage the leg members thereby securing the cover member in position on the housing member and maintaining the conductive cores adjacent the rounded bottoms of the coincident slots.