Flat flexible cable connector assembly including insulation piercing contacts

摘要

A connector assembly is disclosed for terminating multi-conductor flat flexible cable with contacts which pierce the insulation to make good electrical and mechanical engagement with all types of multi-conductor cable conductors, in particular, round wire and stranded wire conductors. Each contact is die stamped from sheet material and has a body portion with a pin or socket electrical termination means extending from one side and a cantilever arm extending from the other side with a forked projection on the free end thereof. The forked projection is angularly offset with respect to the plane of the contact and substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the arm. The connector assembly includes a multi-part housing including a contact block mounted in a housing shell and a pair of mating housing members pivotally mounted in the housing shell and adapted to close driving the forked projection of the contact through the associated cable to grip the other of the housing members thereby securely holding the assembly together.