Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1995-05-17
1997-04-22
Garbe, Stephen P.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
439395, 439922, H01R 424
Patent
active
056225164
ABSTRACT:
An insulation displacement connecting (IDC) terminal that accepts two insulated wires in a single slot for the making of an electrical connection. The IDC portion of the terminal, which cuts into the insulation of the wire to establish contact, is designed with large flat spring contacts about a centrally located slot, wherein the contacts displace torsionally when normal forces placed on the terminals exceed a fixed load. The torsional displacement is enabled by the inclusion of a widened slot proximate a base portion of the terminal. The widened slot in combination with an angular orientation of the terminal contained within an insulated connector module housing enables the contacts to twist to away from one another. This displacement effect allows for larger gauge and more than one conductor to be inserted into the terminal without permanently yielding the beam contacts of the terminal. The widened slot included at the base of the terminal also allows for removal of a first wire without disturbing the connection of a second wire. The terminals are adapted for use with connector modules which house multiple pairs of IDC terminals on both the front and rear sides thereof. The connector modules are insertable into a hinged mounting bracket that is mounted at a telephone switching area to make up a modular connecting block.
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Baggett William C.
Choudhury Golam M.
German Michael G.
Gilland Dianne W.
Larsen Wayne D.
Garbe Stephen P.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
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