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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2003
Hui Ye, Kunsan, CN;
Ren-Chih Li, Tu-Chen, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An insulation displacement contact (IDC) connector ( ) includes a housing ( ) receiving a plurality of contacts ( ), a cover ( ) and a locking member ( ). The cover has two latches ( ) at opposite ends thereof, and the locking member has two arms ( ) at opposite ends thereof. The housing has two receptacles ( ) at opposite ends thereof. Each receptacle includes an inner wall, two parallel sidewalls ( ) extending from the inner wall, and an outer wall ( ) interconnecting the two sidewalls. Each outer wall has two gaps ( ) respectively adjacent the sidewalls and spanning from a bottom edge thereof to a middle section thereof, for providing the outer wall with better elasticity. The latches and the arms insert into the receptacles with the outer walls elastically deforming, thereby establishing electrical connection between tails of the contacts and a determined section of a flat cable, while not damage the outer wall.