Insulation displacement connector with joined blade connectors

摘要

A two-gang insulation displacement connector with enhanced electrically connectivity and a method of making the two-gang insulation displacement connector with the insulation displacement connector having a first gang of wire engaging blades having at least two sets of wire engaging blades, which are laterally spaced from each other, and a second gang of wire engaging blades with at least two sets of wire engaging blades with a base of each set of the wire engaging blades in the first gang having a link connecting to a base of each of a set of wire engaging blades in the second gang so that insertion of an insulation covered wire into wire engaging blades of each of gangs forms multiple electrical connections between the wire engaging blades of each gang of the wire engaging blades. In one embodiment the two-gang connector is located in a cover with the open ends of the wire engaging member extending outward for engagement with a housing having a blade guide so that the bringing the cover into engagement with the housing brings the electrical wires into contact with each other while maintaining the gangs in a spaced condition. The cover may include cross protrusions for engagement with cover engagement channels in the housing for locking the cover to the housing. The housing may include axial rails to maintain the cover in axial alignment as the cover and the housing are brought to a closed condition around a set of wires extending into a set of side ports in the housing.

主权项

1. A low resistance insulation displacement connector comprising;
a housing having an interior cover storage channel and an interior cover locking channel on each end of the housing with the interior cover storage channel located above the interior cover-locking channel; a cover rail guide located in said housing including at least two interior axial rails on each end of the housing with each of the axial rails extending in a transverse direction to the cover locking channel and a cover holding channel; a first wire port for axial insertion of a first wire therein; a second wire port for axial insertion of a second wire therein; a first wire bed for supporting a first wire therein; a second wire bed for supporting a second wire therein where the first wire bed and the second wire bed are laterally spaced from each other; a one-piece conductor comprising at least four sets of resilient blades each cantileverly extending from a base, each of said set of blades having a first blade with a wire engaging edge laterally spaced from a second blade with a wire engaging edge for stripping insulation from an electrical wire and forming an electrical connection to each of the blades in the set of resilient blades when an electrical wire is forced into a slot between the first blade and the second blade with each of the set of blades having a blade top end electrically connected to a blade top end of an adjacent set of resilient blades and a first base link supporting at least two of the at least four sets of resilient blades in an upright condition and a second base link supporting at least two of the at least four sets of resilient blades in an upright condition with each of the base links electrically connecting a blade base of one of the at least four set of resilient blades to a blade base of another of the at least four set of resilient blades to provide a base to base electrical connection and a blade to blade connection between a first electrical wire and a second electrical located in an adjacent set of resilient blades; and a cover carrying the one-piece conductor with the cover containing a viscous sealant, said cover having a first face slideable between the at least two axial rails on one end of the housing and a second end face slideable between the at least two axial rails on the opposite end of the housing as the cover is moved from an open condition where a protrusion on the first end face is in engagement with the cover holding channel on one end of the housing and a protrusion on the second end face is in engagement with the cover holding channel on the opposite end of the housing to a closed condition where the protrusion on the first end face of the housing is in engagement with the cover locking channel on a one end of the housing and the protrusion on the second end face is in engagement with the cover locking channel on the opposite end of the housing.