Claims
- 1. An improved multicontact electrical connector for terminating flat multiconductor cable and having a base of insulating material with a plurality of terminal passages extending between a cable receiving surface and a mating face, an electrical terminal mounted in each of said terminal passages, each of said terminals having a wire receiving slot defined by a pair of insulation piercing spaced-apart arms, said arms extending normally beyond said cable receiving surface of said base, and a cover to be mated to said base against said cable receiving surface, said cover having terminal receiving passages extending therethrough aligned to accept said arms of said terminals, wherein the improvement comprises interengaging means including:
- an ear on each of said arms directed normally from a plane defined by said arms, said ears located intermediate the free end of said arms and the bottom of said wire receiving slot, said ears each having a shoulder directed toward said bottom of said wire receiving slot;
- a shelf in each of said terminal receiving passages in the cover extending parallel to said cable receiving surface of said base, said shelf engagable by said shoulders of said ears to latchingly secure said cover to said base whereby,
- movement of said arms in relation to each other causing a narrowing of said wire receiving slot during mating of said cover to said base is eliminated.
- 2. An electrical connector as recited in claim 1, in which each said ear directed normally from the respective arm comprises a lance stamped out of said terminal in a direction normal to the plane defined by said arms of said terminal.
- 3. An electrical connector as recited in claim 1, in which each said ear directed normally from the respective arm comprises a fin which is formed in the plane defined by said arms of said terminal and bent in a direction normal to said plane.
- 4. An improved stamped and formed electrical terminal comprising:
- an elongated metal member having an insulation piercing, conductor engaging first end and a matable second end, said first end having a pair of insulation piercing, spaced-apart arms defining a wire receiving slot therebetween, an ear on each of said arms directed normally from a plane defined by said arms, said ears being located intermediate the free end of said arms and the bottom of said wire receiving slot, said ears having a shoulder directed towards the bottom of said slot,
- whereby upon movement of a conductor laterally of its axis into said slot, the edges of said slots pierce the insulation of said conductor and establish electrical contact therewith, and subsequent movement of said arms into an aperture of an associated cover engages latchingly therewith without undue flexture of said arms with respect to said slot.
- 5. An electrical terminal as recited in claim 4, in which each said ear directed normally from the respective arm comprises a lance stamped out of said terminal in a direction normal to the plane defined by said arms of said terminal.
- 6. An electrical terminal as recited in claim 4, in which each said ear directed normally from the respective arm comprises a fin which is formed in the plane defined by said arm of said terminal and bent in a direction normal to said plane.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 177,325 filed Aug. 12, 1980, now abandoned.
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