摘要 |
(PROBLEM) TO PROVIDE AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONNECTION (IDC) TO PREVENT THE IDC PORTION OF THE CONTACT FROM FLARING WITHOUT FORMING THE NOTCHES IN THE ISOLATION WALLS BETWEEN THE CAVITIES IN THE CONNECTOR HOUSING.(SOLUTION) AN APPARATUS FOR IDC INCLUDES A PRESS DIE ASSEMBLY (50) HAVING STUFFERS (54) FOR PRESSING A WIRE (45) TO AN IDC PORTION (34) OF A CONTACT (30), A COMB (70). THE PRESS DIE ASSEMBLY (50) INCLUDES PINS (60) ADJACENT TO THE SUFFER (54) TO BE BIASED DOWN WARDLY BY SPRINGS (62) SUCH THAT THE PINS (60) PROJECT RELATIVE TO A LOWER END OF THE STUFFER (54) IN A NORMAL STATE. A WIDTH OF EACH PIN (60) IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO A WIDTH OF A CAVITY (16) IN A HOUSING (10) ACCOMMODATING THE CONTACT (30) THEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE PIN (60) MOVES INTO THE HOUSING CAVITY (16) ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT TO BE INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONNECTED SUCH AS TO SUPPORT TRANSVERSELY THE HOUSING ISOLATION WALLS (20) DURING THE IDC PROCESS. FIG 1
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