Wire carrier for electrical connector modular

Claim 1

A wire termination arrangement for a connector module of the type having terminals secured within a module housing, the arrangement comprising: at least one wire carrier having at least one wire-receiving passageway thereinto from an exposed front face, a rearward end including a pivot section adapted to cooperate with a complementary pivot section of said module housing to move said wire carrier from a first or wire insertion position to a second or wire termination position, a depending projection proximate said front face disposed within a respective cavity of said module housing, cooperable with said module housing to limit pivoting movement of said wire carrier thus defining said first position, and at least one slot extending into a housing-adjacent face to receive thereinto a wire termination section of a corresponding at least one insulation displacement terminal as said wire carrier is moved from said first position to said second position, said slot intersecting said wire-receiving passageway, whereby with an end of a conductor of the premise wiring inserted along a respective said wire-receiving passageway, said wire carrier is movable from said first position to said second position urging said wire into a wire-termination slot of said insulation displacement terminal thus terminating said conductor.