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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Jean Claude Joly, Osny, FR;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a housing and IDC terminals having IDC contact sections. The IDC contact section comprises a large wire receiving slot extending into a narrower IDC slot for connection to conducting strands of a insulated conducting wire. The wires are inserted longitudinally into wire receiving cavities extending from a rear face of the connector, whereby the cavities are bent such that they traverse obliquely the terminals, thereby causing the wire to pass through the wire receiving slot of the terminal, aligned with the cavity. The wire is inserted until it abuts a stop and, the terminal can then be further inserted into the housing such that the wire is stuffed into the IDC slot for connection therewith. This design advantageously benefits from IDC technology whilst also providing a very compact wire-to-wire spacing. Additionally, the housing and terminals are relatively simple and cost-effective to manufacture.