Abstract: A subscriber interface box generally shown at comprises a network section and a subscriber section, the network section connected to a network cable and the subscriber section connected to subscriber cables and whereby the network and subscriber sections are electrically connected via a test socket. The subscriber interface box comprises lever members having cavities therethrough for receiving wires of the cables such that the wires can be rapidly connected and disconnected to insulation displacement contacts. The latter is done by placing the wires in corresponding holes of the lever members when the lever members are in an open position, whereby the lever members comprise slots transversely intersecting the wire receiving cavities. The slots for receiving upstanding insulation displacement contacts such that when the levers are pushed down to a close position the wires are forced into electrical contact with the IDC contact slots.

Abstract: In a method of, and apparatus for, terminating a conductor of a flat flexible cable, a flat flexible cable is inserted into a U-shaped terminal having a resiliently deflectable arm. A camming element is then inserted into the terminal to urge the cable against a contact surface of the deflectable arm, the cable having been previously stripped of insulation on its side adjacent to the contact surface. The deflectable arm is first elastically deflected by the action of the camming element and is thereafter plastically deflected thereby. The camming element is so dimensioned, and the resistance of the flexible arm to its plastic deflection in relation to its resistance to its elastic deflection are such that, the final contact force exerted against the cable conductor is independent, for practical purposes, of the stripped thickness of the cable, such thickness not exceeding 0.4 mm.