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(11) | EP 1 530 264 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Socket contact |
| (57) A socket contact provides a reduction in thickness and downsizing of a socket connector.
The socket contact (120) is for insertion into a wire insertion groove (115) of a
socket housing (110) that is provided with the wire insertion groove (115) concaving
from the bottom face (111). This socket contact (120) comprises a body (121) that
has a bottom plate (121a), an insulation displacement plate (122) that rises from
the bottom plate (121a), having a U-shaped slot (122a), and breaks the insulation
of the wire (W) and makes a connection with the conductor thereof. An insulation barrel
(123) rises from the bottom plate (121a) and grips the insulation of the wire (W)
by bending inward, and a pair of contacting pieces (124) that lie side by side in
the width direction and have base parts (124a), intermediate parts (124b) that form
a receiving part (125) for receiving a redundant part (W1) of the terminal end of
the wire (W) between themselves and the insulation displacement plate (122), and rear
parts (124c) that contact a header contact (220).
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