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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Jared Joseph Smalley, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John A Root, Middletown, PA (US);
John Lawrence Broschard, III, Hershey, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (10) includes a housing (12) having at least one conductor-receiving aperture (16) and an associated terminal-receiving passageway (32) intersecting each conductor-receiving aperture (16), and a terminal (40) disposed in each terminalreceiving passageway (32). Each terminal (40) includes a body (42) having a first connecting section (44) extending from one end thereof and a pair of upstanding arms (46) defining an insulation displacement contact at an opposite end. Each terminal (40) is partially inserted into the terminal-receiving passageway (32) in a first position and upon positioning the first connecting sections (44) in corresponding through-holes (62) of a circuit board (60), the terminals (40) can be secured to the board (60). The ends of insulated conductors (70) then can be inserted into respective conductor-receiving apertures (16) and terminated to respective terminals (40) therein by moving the housing (12) toward the board (60) to a second position against the board (60).