US 7,320,616 B1 | ||
Insulation displacement connector assembly and system adapted for surface mounting on printed circuit board and method of using same | ||
Janos Legrady, Putnam Valley, N.Y. (US); Ronald Fredriks, Pine Plains, N.Y. (US); and Raffaele Tarulli, Irvington, N.Y. (US) | ||
Assigned to Zierick Manufacturing Corp., Mount Kisco, N.Y. (US) | ||
Filed on Nov. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/598,247. | ||
Int. Cl. H01R 4/24 (2006.01); H01R 4/26 (2006.01); H01R 11/20 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 439—404 [439/41; 439/425] | 20 Claims |
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a main body having a wire-receiving channel therethrough for receiving an insulated stranded core wire, at least one generally
transverse slot opening at only one side of said main body and extending to said wire-receiving channel an opposite side to
said one side being a generally smooth continuous surface; and
an electrical contact having a portion slideably received within a slot in said main body and having a wire piercing portion
adapted to move into said wire-receiving channel to pierce insulation on a wire extending through said wire-receiving channel
and directly connect with strands of a wire inserted within said wire-receiving channel, and a free portion adapted to be
surface mounted on a printed circuit board,
whereby an interconnection between said wire and printed circuit board is formed after said electrical contact is attached
to said printed circuit board and after said wire is inserted within said wire-receiving channel by a user sliding said main
body along said electrical contact until said electrical contact extends into said wire-receiving channel and connects with
said wire by piercing the insulation and stranded core of the wire.
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