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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Bobby Gene Ward, King, NC (US);
David Charles Strausser, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A commoning electrical connector includes multiple insulation displacement terminals mounted in a molded electrical connector housing . The connector can be used to common wires in automotive wiring harnesses and provides a low profile package for mounting wires in a confined space, such as in an automobile headliner. The terminated connector can be adhesively bonded to a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. The molded housing also includes wire retention members on exterior faces of side walls so that the housing can be molded without side pulls. Wires are laced in a termination fixture , and the connector aligned by fixture posts and alignment holes on the connector, which is then pushed onto the termination fixture to terminate wires in insulation displacement slots