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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jim Braithwaite, St. Albans, GB;
Gary Langridge, Monks Gate, GB;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439417 ; 439404 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is comprised of a first housing portion having an upper cover portion. A lower housing portion has a corresponding cover portion. Terminals having insulation displacement slots at each end thereof are positioned in slots of the lower housing portions. The upper housing portion has a cable receiving channel at cooperating with a channel in the upper cover portion to align the conductors with apertures in the lower housing portion. The cable can be positioned in a channel of the lower cover portion and the entire assembly can be pressed together by way of the upper and lower lids.