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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An insulation displacement contact terminal has a bottom plate, a pair of side plates, a pair of contact plates, and projecting portions. The side plates respectively extend from both side edges of the bottom plate and oppose each other. The contact plates are respectively partly bent from the side plates and oppose each other. Between the contact plates and the bottom plate are formed gaps. The gaps permit the contact plates to be moved in the direction of their being moved toward each other. Mutually opposing edges of the contact plates define a slot for receiving a clad electric wire therein. The clad electric wire has a core wire and a clothing portion that clothes the core wire. The width of the slot decreases with the movement of the contact plates. With the press insertion of the clad electric wire into the slot, the edges cut into the clothing portions and contact with the core wire. The projecting portions respectively project from the contact plates. The projecting portions are disposed at the bottom of the slot and oppose each other. The clad electric wire that has been pressed toward the bottom plate is made to press the projecting portions, with the result that the movement of the contact plates is caused.