Insulation displacement electrical connector with improved strain relief.

摘要

An electrical connector assembly (10) is provided for terminating an insulated electrical wire (12). The assembly includes a housing having a wire-receiving opening (52) adapted to receive the insulated electrical wire. The housing is defined by two housing halves (26, 28) which are relatively movable between an open condition for insertion of an insulated wire into the opening and a closed condition. A terminal is mounted in the housing and has an insulation displacement slot (38) positioned in the opening and adapted to displace the insulation of the wire and electrically engage an inner conductor of the wire. Opposing flexible portions (54, 56) of the housing halves provide strain relief to the insulated electrical wire by gripping the wire substantially entirely thereabout when the housing halves are in their closed condition. <IMAGE>