| 摘要 |
<p>ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A WIRE HARNESS USING THE CONNECTOR An electrical connector comprising: An insulated housing having front walls, a back wall and a plurality of spaced barrier walls extending therebetween to define an array of cavities; and a plurality of metallic terminal elements each having a wire terminating portion with one element preloaded into each of said cavities, said wire terminating portion having an open-ended elongate wire-receiving slot of a width less than the diameter of the conductor in the wire, said wire terminating portion further having an entrance adjoining said slot of greater width than said slot to guide the wire into the slot, characterized by the fact that at least one of said housing and terminal elements comprise holding means for firmly mechanically holding each of the wires in alignment with the entrance to the slot corresponding to that wire, said holding means comprising first means for engaging said wires on the side of the terminal elements remote from the back wall and second means for engaging the wires on the side of the terminal element remote from the front wall.</p> |
