Patent · US Expired

Wiring unit with paired in-line insulation displacement contacts

US6394835B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 16, 1999
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/941
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wire connecting unit for an electrical connector includes a printed circuit board and four pairs of terminals. The printed circuit board has nose and termination areas, and a wire receiving passageway extending along an axis in the termination area. Contact connections are mounted in the nose area. Terminal connections are mounted in the termination area. Conductive paths on the circuit board electrically couple respective contact connections and terminal connections. Each of the terminals has a coupling portion mechanically and electrically coupled through one of the terminal connections, and has a insulation displacement contact portion. Each insulation displacement contact portion is adjacent the wire receiving passageway. The terminals of each pair have spacings between them which are smaller than the spacings between the pairs.

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