Electrical connector and insulation-piercing contact member

Details Electrical connector and insulation-piercing contact member Electrical connector and insulation-piercing contact member

1977-02-16

1983-01-25

McGlynn, Joseph H.

Geometrical instruments

339103R, H01R 900, H01R 1358

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RE0311324

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector comprising two dielectric contact mounts, one a plug and the other a receptacle, fitting together to engage a plurality of conductive contact members carried by one contact mount with similar contact members mounted in the other. Each contact member is formed from a single piece of thin, conductive sheet metal, with a contact element at one end and a terminal element at the other; the terminal element is channel-shaped with two terminal flanges each struck from a channel wall and bent across the channel, preferably into interlocking relation with another channel wall. Each terminal flange has a notch with thin converging walls affording a cutting section to cut the insulation on a conductor inserted into the notch, a transition section with tapered walls to spread the insulation, and a terminal section with thick, smooth walls to engage the conductor in wiping electrical contact. The contact mounts include resilient retention slots for holding the electrical conductors in the terminal elements of the contact members.

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