Abstract: The patch connector comprises separable upper and lower housing portions and a double detent structure for joining the two oppositely disposed housing portions. The housing portions are snapped together to define a substantially rectangular housing having two, four, six or eight openings on a front face thereof for accessing terminals from a terminal block; and at least one other opening on the back face thereof for entry and exit of a cable or individual wires. The interior of the housing is provided with cavities for retaining isolated electrical connector clips, these connector clips communicating with the back face opening for electrical and mechanical connection with insulated wire and communicating with the front face opening for electrical and mechanical connection with terminals from a terminal block.

Abstract: A multi-conductor terminal is disclosed which connects a plurality of discrete electrical connectors without the need for stripping insulation from the conductors.

Abstract: A cable termination assembly (200) includes a flat ribbon multiconductor cable (204), able to be slit to separate the conductors into respective pairs of adjacent conductor that are able to be rotated or twisted, a strain relief body (210) directly molded to the cable (204) to form an integral structure therewith, plural electrical contacts (212) that are placed in IDC relation to form IDC junctions with respective conductors (208) of the cable, and a separate cover (214) that can be slid over at least part of the contacts and strain relief body for fastening with respect thereto. The conductor pairs are twisted during the molding step, and as a result of the twist the outboard conductors are brought adequately inboard of the ends of the assembly to facilitate the desired IDC connections while maintaining side and end stackability. A method and apparatus for making the cable termination assembly.

Abstract: A junction block for tap-in connection to a continuous two-conductor line comprises a removably mutually engageable base and a cover, defining axially aligned wire entrance and exit apertures, and a passage admitting a plug. Conductor positioners each define a conductor path between the apertures; insulation displacement means are positioned for cooperative interaction with the positioners. Each displacement means is electrically connected with a contact spring adjacent the passage.A positioner and its cooperating displacement means together define a conductor engagement position generally on a level with the wire apertures, so that tension on the wire external to the block does not tend to pull the conductors out of the displacement means. The block has cooperating alignment means mutually engageable during assembly positively to align the positioners with the displacement means before the conductor insulation is engaged, and to prevent misassembly of the block components.

Abstract: An electrical connector for insulation displacment connection to conductors of a flat multiconductor cable includes an elongate insulative housing defining a cavity therein for latchably receiving a pair of insert subassemblies. During manufacture, each subassembly comprises a plurality of insulation displacement contacts having two, spaced tines defining therebetween a conductor receiving slot. Each contact is joined between adjacent tines by a carrier web to thereby form a joined array of contacts. An elongate insulative insert supports the contacts in each subassembly. Each insert has an upper surface defining a cable support surface from which the IDC ends project. A plurality of grooves extends into the insert upper surface, each groove being in substantial registry with a carrier web joining the tines. The grooves each have a bottom surface spaced from the carrier web. Such construction permits use of a suitable severing tool to remove the carrier webs in a ready manner with minimal wear on the tool.

Abstract: Method and apparatus embrace implanting electrical conductor wires (16) into grooves (38) in a structural element (30) of an apparatus unit (10) to form a harness (14) for power and signal distribution in said unit and thereafter terminating the wires by terminals (70) and adding components (82) to the structural element. Wire placement features rolling of the wire into grooves of the structural element with grooves provided in tooling to extend wires along the structural element. Rolling is achieved along paths extending in X and Y directions. The structural element bearing wires, terminals, and connectors and components is then mechanically secured to the apparatus unit to form a structural part thereof.

Abstract: An electrical component mounting and connection assembly for direct connection to a connecting wire cable includes a base member having a cavity and wire-receiving slots into which the electrical leads of a sensor, such as a magnetically actuated reed switch, and the wires of the connecting cable are positioned. A cooperating insert member includes insulation displacing contacts and latching structures to physically latch the insert member and base member together to allow the insulation displacing contacts to establish electrical contact with the slot-retained wire conductors. The circuit wires follow a path to an exterior surface of the assembly to allow direct electrical probing of the wire ends to test the circuit components and their connections. In the preferred embodiment, the base member and insert define cooperating `snap` together parts that allow time and cost efficient connection of the sensor device assemblies at the point of installation.

Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal is provided to achieved high pressure against the conductors of a multi-strand wire and to minimize the amount of strand rearrangement likely to occur with fine strand wires. The terminal comprises at least one insulation displacement contact comprising a pair of spaced apart generally parallel cantilevered contact arms defining a slot therebetween. The slot includes a conductor engaging portion having a length and width sufficient to receive the bundle of conductor strands in the wire. The conductor engaging portion terminates at a pair of inwardly directed convex non-cutting bulges which in the unstressed condition of the terminal are in very close proximity to one another. The bulges define a lower limit of movement of the conductive strands into the slot allowing the insertion force to increase. The camming surfaces defined by the bulges act as ramps to convert the increased insertion forces of the wire into lateral forces on the cantilevered contact arms.

Abstract: In this cable connector, there are included a main housing formed with a first aperture, a cover formed with a slot for cable insertion and a second aperture opening to the slot, a means for fixing the cover to the main housing, and a cable connecting element formed as an elongate member. One end of this cable connecting element is adapted to be connected to a cable when pressed against it, for example by being bifurcated, the other end of this cable connecting element is adapted for external terminal contact as for example by being springy, an intermediate portion of this cable connecting element is adapted for press fitting as for example being widened, and a step portion of this cable connecting element between the intermediate portion thereof and the cable connection end thereof functions to perpendicularly displace the plane of the intermediate portion from the plane of the cable connection end.

Abstract: A switch with a body structure for mounting on the face of a support with actuation perpendicular to the support. Electrical wires are inserted through the sides of the body into guides that splice the wires, retain them and guide them while being moved by the actuator into the spliced position. The wires are then retained during operation of the actuator which bridges the wires to connect them.

Abstract: A cutting/clamping terminal element for electrical conductors (14) is disclosed including a clamping slot (0) defined between a clamping piece (4) and an elastic clamping leg (2,3; 23, 13) to ensure an improved contact connection, such that even conductors (14) having very thin conductor core diameters, in particular wire strands, can be connected, without the conductor cross section being reduced and without there being a risk of conductor breakage. For this purpose, the clamping piece (4) is provided with clamping legs (2,3; 12,13) arranged on its front and rear sides, said clamping legs overlapping in the position of rest the clamping piece (4) at least in part, such that the sharp edges (15,24) of the two clamping legs (2,3; 12,13) and of the clamping piece (4) cut into the insulation (11) and clamp the core (10) of the conductor (14) in the clamping slot (9) at in total three different positions.

Abstract: An IDC type multi-conductor cable connector and method for assembling a cable thereto. The cable connector has a plurality of contact terminals mounted in respective holes in a housing having a plurality of holes. The contact terminals each have a contact part provided at one end and an IDC type connection part provided at the other end thereof. The connector has means for temporarily holding the contact terminals in a position where the connection part of each terminal is exposed. The connector can be transported or delivered from the vendor in this state. A cable is assembled by IDC many to each exposed connection part. After the connection of the cables has been completed, the contact terminals are inserted further into their respective holes so that the connecting parts become entirely covered. Such configuration eliminates the need for a cover, a component which is necessary for ordinary IDC type connector, and enables reduction in the size of the connector and in labor costs.

Abstract: An electrical terminal having a supporting body, a tubular contact member having a bifurcate contact element and a cap enclosing the contact member with a wire receiving opening aligned with the contact element and a slotted opening aligned with a hole opposite the contact element. Contact is established by twisting the cap in relation to the contact member but only an inline connection is made as the wire is not severed simultaneously.

Abstract: An electrical connector (18) terminates a conductor wire (10) through a conductive terminal (72) having a slot (74) which operates with a plastic push button (50) fitted in a plastic housing (30), the plastic parts having surfaces and the terminal slot having an orientation to wedgingly drive and trap the conductive wire against unwanted displacement, all under manual pressure. The plastic parts include surfaces (26, 64) allowing a reverse displacement for wire removal. A multiple wire version including a common housing (90) is taught with multiple push buttons (50).

Abstract: A connector bank for cable wires (2,3,4) of telephone cables such that two cable wires (2,4 or 3,4, resp.) connected with each other over the connector bank can be separated from each other, with no need to loosen the respective contact connections. For this, the invention provides for each connecting element (7) a plug (6, 6a) with a contact lug (24, 24a) for insertion into the center contact (11) of the connecting element (7), the plug (6, 6a) being provided with a cable connecting element (20,31) for connection of a cable wire (4).

Abstract: A connector for communication wire pairs has an insulating body formed with sinuous channels for capturing the insulated wire, U-slot contact elements for making contact with the wires and said contacts having spring elements formed by U-shaped cuts in the periphery of the element for contact with an external circuit to connect the same in series or parallel with said spliced wires.

Abstract: A cable terminating cover retention system having two terminating covers (68, 70), each having leg means (72, 74) proximate the endwalls (90, 92) thereof, cooperate with an aperture (45) in a terminal support block (44) of connector housing (28). As conductors (56) are terminated on insulation displacement contacts (20) by moving the terminating covers (68, 70) toward the terminal support block (44), the leg means (72, 74) complement each other to substantially fill the aperture (45) and engage the sidewalls (102) of the apertures (45) in a first interference fit. As termination of the conductors (56) is completed, each leg means (72, 74) enters a recess or aperture (124, 126) in the other cable terminating cover (70, 68) and engages a protrusion (128, 130) therein in a second interference fit.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing (51, 72) in which terminals (11, 71) are mounted in upper and lower rows with wire connecting portions (14, 82) of the terminals (11, 71) in longitudinally staggered relation aligned below a tool receiving opening (57) in the housing (51, 72) enabling a tool inserted through the opening (57) to terminate wires in both wire connecting portions (14, 82). The wire connecting portions (14, 82) define wire receiving slots (32) in panels (33) which have struts (39) extending into engagement with the housing (51, 72) during wire insertion to prevent collapse of the panels (33).

Abstract: Electrical connector for connecting a pair of side-by-side tap wires to through wires comprises a generally T-shaped housing having side-by-side parallel channels extending through the head for the through wires and having parallel side-by-side channels extending into the free end of the stem for the tap wires. The terminals are substantially L-shaped and offset slightly from each other. The terminals intersect the channels in the head and have wire receiving slots for the through wires. The terminals have ends adjacent to the free end of the stem which are directly inwardly towards each other and which intersect the channels for the tap wires. An opening is provided in the housing between the two terminals in the stem for a test probe to permit carrying out of a continuity test. The housing has a pair of covers, one for the head of the housing and one for the stem, which can be separately assembled so that the electrical connections to the through wires and the tap wires need not be made at the same time.

Abstract: A cable connecting element, in particular a dropwire cable connecting element for double-wire dropwire cables comprises an upper and a lower part and of two connecting elements each moving two cutting and clamping contacts. This cable connecting element is intended to allow, with economic manufacture, an electrical connection between two double-wire dropwire cables, without removing their insulations from each other and without the distance between the wires being identical. The invention provides both in the upper part and in the lower part guide channels for accommodation of the double-wire cables into which their narrow sides are inserted. The guide channels of upper part and lower part have one connecting element, each with cutting and clamping contacts which penetrates the narrow slides of the respective incoming and outgoing double-wires and contact and connect the respective wires of both cables electrically.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lamp with several light bulbs. The light bulbs are electrically connected by cables with a multiplug connector disposed at the casing of the lamp. The multiple plug connector comprises contact parts produced from sheet metal strips and provided at the center region with an attachment means. The contact parts are formed as flat plugs at one end section while the contact parts are provided at the other end section in each case with a protruding bent off flag. The clamping jaws of a cutter clamping device generated by a slot are set in the flag. The slot runs in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the contact parts. The contact parts are inserted with the flat plugs in slot-shaped openings and are sequentially disposed in a plane with their wide extension at a distance from each other. The neighboring contact parts in a row are rotated by 180 degrees relative to each other about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The contact device comprises a metal plate (1) with a slot extending to an edge (7) of the plate which separates two strip-shaped, resilient tongues (13) from each other and serves to take up a wire with an electrically conductive core (31) surrounded by an insulating jacket (33). Starting from the said edge (7) the slot successively has a lead-in section (17), a scraper section (21) for cutting through the insulating jacket (33), a contact section (23) for making electrical contact with the core (31), and a circular first opening (5). By pressing a tapered pin (25) into the first opening (5) the tongues (13) are bent away sideways from each other, so that the contact section (23) is approximately V-shaped. The scraper section (21) is formed by the transition between the widest part of the contact section (23) and a second circular opening (9) which is intersected by the slot.

Abstract: A high density electrical connector comprising a connector body containing insulation displacement contact elements and a cover assembly having a first cover portion and a second cover portion between which electrical wires are retained. The first cover portion has contact insertion holes for receiving the ends of the contact elements. The second cover portion has a longitudinal slit extending from one end throughout a majority of its length for receiving the wires to be connected, has recesses on both sides of the slit for receiving the ends of the contact elements and has wire receiving grooves passing from the slit across the recesses to the edge of the second cover portion.

Abstract: A cable termination assembly, and a mold and method of molding the same, includes an electrical cable including at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, a support body for at least preliminarily supporting the electrical contact, the electrical contact having an insulation displacement connection portion, a contacting portion, and an offset between said portions, and the support body having a land for cooperating with the offset to support the electrical contact during insulation displacement connection connecting of the insulation displacement connection portion to such conductor. Part of the electrical contact and the support body cooperate during the mentioned molding to effect a shut off function blocking flow of molding material of the strain relief into an area of the support body where the contacting portion is located.

Abstract: A bridging link is disclosed for electrically connecting each of a selected pair of insulation displacement terminals of a first terminal array to a respective one of a corresponding pair of insulation displacement terminals of a second terminal array. The bridging link comprises a dielectric body including a rigid housing, a first pair of spaced apart electrical contact members projecting from a first region of the housing, and a second pair of spaced apart electrical contact members projecting from a second region of the housing which is spaced apart from the first region. The contact members of the first pair are electrically connected through the housing each to a respective one of the contact members of the second pair.

Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating two or more layers of conductors includes an insulating housing having a plurality contacts mounted therein and, on opposite ends, a pair of latch arms with a latch opening, and first and second cable retainer members. The first retainer member has on opposite ends a pair of latch bosses for engagement with the latch openings to latch the first and second retainer members to the insulating housing. The second retainer member has on opposite ends two pairs of latch bosses for engagement with the openings to temporarily mount the first and second retainer members on the insulating housing. This temporary mounting device permits easy replacement of a cable before complete termination of the cable.

Abstract: An instant connector has a synthetic resin housing comprising two blind ducts projecting into the housing from opposite end faces and extending in parallel to each other. A contact blade is arranged in a cavity between the blind ducts. This blade is pivotable about an axis extending in parallel to the end faces and the ends of the blade-project obliquely into the blind ducts. Upon the introduction of wires into the blind ducts, the ends of the contact blade engage these wires. By subsequently pulling the wires apart; i.e., away from each other, the ends of the contact blade burrow through the insulating sheaths of the wires into the wire cores. In this manner, the wires are electrically connected with each other by way of the contact blade.

Abstract: An insulation-piercing connection arrangement for an electric wire in which an auxiliary insertion part (4) is displaced by a removable shank (5) acting as a lever in order to apply the necessary pressure for slicing through the insulating covering (20) of an electric wire (2) to be connected, and to insert the core (21) of said wire in a slit. The auxiliary insertion part (4) has a shank-receiving duct passing therethrough and includes a pusher (40) for pressing against the wire to be connected, it also includes a guide device (43) including wheels which co-operate with guide grooves (73) provided in the housing (7) containing the connection arrangement in order to enable the auxiliary insertion part (4) to perform pseudocircular insertion motion, thereby accelerating the tilting thereof when it is displaced between its two extreme positions.

Abstract: A connector for a flat cable having a plurality of conductors disposed parallel to and apart from each other within an insulator is provided, which connector comprises a cover having a channel adapted to support a terminal portion of said flat cable in a state wherein said terminal portion is bent, and a connector body having a plurality of contact terminals corresponding to the number of said conductors, said contact terminals extending through said connector body and being inserted into said bent terminal portion supported by said cover in such a manner that said contact terminals are in electrical contact with corresponding conductors, respectively, said connector body being adapted to clamp said cable having said contact terminals inserted thereinto between said connector body and said cover.

Abstract: A cable termination assembly with an integral polarizing key, and method of molding the same, includes an electrical cable including at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, a support body for at least preliminarily supporting the electrical contact, the electrical contact having an insulation displacement connection portion, a contacting portion, and an offset between said portions, and the support body having a land for cooperating with the offset to support the electrical contact during insulation displacement connection connecting of the insulation displacement connection portion to such conductor. Part of the electrical contact and the support body cooperate during the mentioned molding to effect a shut off function blocking flow of molding material of the strain relief into an area of the support body where the contacting portion is located. Molding material fills a cell of the support body during molding of the strain relief body to form a polarizing key.

Abstract: An IDC type multi-conductor cable connector and method for assembling cable thereto. The cable connector has a plurality of contact terminals mounted in respective holes in a housing having a plurality of holes. The contact terminals each has a contact part provided at one end and an IDC type connection part provided at the other end thereof. The connector has means for temporarily holding the contact terminals in a position where the connection part of each terminal is exposed. The connector can be transported or delivered from the vendor in this state. A cable is assembled by IDC assembling to each exposed connection part. After the connection of the cables has been completed, the contact terminals are inserted further into their respective holes so that the connection parts become entirely covered. Such configuration eliminates the need for a cover, a component which is necessary for ordinary IDC type connector, and enables reduction in the size of the connector and in labor costs.

Abstract: A barrel-shaped terminal has two spiralled walls forming a cylinder of double thickness material. The terminal has two wire receiving openings, each in communication with a wire-receiving slot around the circumference of the cylinder. A cap fits over the terminal and has a central opening aligned with both wire-receiving openings. When a wire is placed in through the cap and the cap turned, the wire is terminated in a wire-receiving slot.

Abstract: An electrical connector of the split cylinder type for terminating or connecting an electrical wire comprising an elongated tubular sleeve section, an elongated wire receiving slot, a flared entryway leading into the wire receiving slot and a wire retaining means for temporarily retaining the electrical wire within the flared entryway in position for termination or connection within the wire receiving slot.

Abstract: An insulation displacing terminal has opposed cantilever spring contact members having two portions, lower and upper. The lower portions have their outer edges inclined upward and inward to give a first tapered portion. The upper portions have the outer edges inclined upward and outward to give second tapered portions. The upper and lower portions join at a neck or narrow section. The upper portions are of reduced thickness relative to the lower portions, the reduced thickness starting just above the neck section.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing fitted with one or more contact members which have the capability of terminating an insulated multi-stranded conductor by displacement of the conductor insulation. The contact member comprises a stamped and formed metallic plate member having an insulation displacement slot which defines, at an end of the plate, a pair of limbs and a relatively wide conductor receiving mouth. The slot tapers from the mouth to a pair of opposed teeth positioned one on each limb in juxtaposed relationship. The teeth are configured to point in the general direction of the mouth and they serve to initiate severing of the conductor coating. The plate may further comprise a pair of coined protrusions adjacent a further narrowed portion of the slot for separating the conductor coating and providing an improved electrical interface between the conductor strands and contact.