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(11) EP 0 631 344 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.02.1996 Bulletin 1996/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/52

(21) Application number: 94109915.2

(22) Date of filing: 27.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/52, H01R 4/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 28.06.1993 GB 9313281

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kourimsky, Friedrich Josef Alois
    D-64625 Bensheim (DE)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Sealed insulation displacement connector


    (57) A sealed insulation displacement (IDC) connector is shown at (2) as a branch connector used,for example, for grounding cables to the chassis of an automobile. The branch connector (2) comprises sealing means (14, 64) in order to provide a sealed IDC connection between IDC contact portions (18) and conducting wires (4). The branch connector (2) comprises a cover member (8) for receiving the conducting wires (4) and a base member (6) having compartments (28) for receiving the cover members (8) therein. The base member (6) comprises a branch conductor (10) having a plurality of juxtaposed IDC contacting portions (18), the branch conductor (10) in-moulded to an insulative housing (12). The compartments (28) also comprise wire retention means that are V-shaped slots (42) having a tapered profile (44) in order to provide sharp edges that press into the wires (4).









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