Telecommunication connector
First Claim
1. A telecommunications connector system for connecting to a mating telecommunications jack, the connector system comprising:
- a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber;
a carrier configured to receive a plurality of insulated conductive lines; and
a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts at least partially disposed in the carrier, each contact including first, second, and third portions, each of the first portions being movably connected to the second portion and configured to move relative to the second portions in response to applied forces and to return to resting positions in response to removal of the applied forces, each of the third portions being movably connected to a corresponding second portion and including a blade configured to pierce an insulator coating of a corresponding insulated conductive line received by the carrier;
wherein the carrier is at least partially disposed inside the housing such that the contacts are at least partially disposed in the contact chamber.
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Abstract
A telecommunications connector system for connecting to a mating telecommunications jack includes a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber, a carrier configured to receive a plurality of insulated conductive lines, and electrically-conductive contacts at least partially disposed in the carrier, each contact including first, second, and third portions, each of the first portions being movably connected to the second portion and configured to move relative to the second portions in response to applied forces and to return to resting positions in response to removal of the applied forces, each of the third portions being movably connected to a corresponding second portion and including a blade configured to pierce an insulator coating of a corresponding insulated conductive line received by the carrier, where the carrier is at least partially disposed inside the housing such that the contacts are at least partially disposed in the contact chamber.
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19 Claims
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1. A telecommunications connector system for connecting to a mating telecommunications jack, the connector system comprising:
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a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber;
a carrier configured to receive a plurality of insulated conductive lines; and
a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts at least partially disposed in the carrier, each contact including first, second, and third portions, each of the first portions being movably connected to the second portion and configured to move relative to the second portions in response to applied forces and to return to resting positions in response to removal of the applied forces, each of the third portions being movably connected to a corresponding second portion and including a blade configured to pierce an insulator coating of a corresponding insulated conductive line received by the carrier;
wherein the carrier is at least partially disposed inside the housing such that the contacts are at least partially disposed in the contact chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly system comprising:
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a first subsystem cable including a first set of connector cables each including a plurality of insulated conductive lines; and
a first set of telecommunications connectors for connecting to mating telecommunications jacks, each connector of the first set of connectors coupled to a corresponding connector cable of the first set and comprising;
a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber;
a carrier configured to receive a corresponding set of the insulated conductive lines, the corresponding set of the insulated conductive lines being partially disposed in the carrier; and
a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts at least partially disposed in the carrier, each contact including first, second, and third portions, each of the first portions being movably connected to the second portion and configured to move relative to the second portions in response to applied forces and to return to resting positions in response to removal of the applied forces, each of the third portions being movably connected to a corresponding second portion and including a blade configured to pierce an insulator coating of a corresponding insulated conductive line received by the carrier;
wherein the carrier is at least partially disposed inside the housing such that the contacts are at least partially disposed in the contact chamber. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A telecommunications cable comprising:
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a housing providing a contact chamber and a connector receptacle;
a plurality of insulated wires;
an electrically-insulating contact carrier coupled to the housing and disposed at least partially in the housing and including a set of walls that provide a plurality of grooves, the grooves having first regions of a first depth and a second region of a second, deeper, depth, the contact carrier providing a plurality of wire holes, each wire hole aligned with a corresponding one of the grooves, each of the wire holes including a trough portion in which the carrier provides less than a full circumference wall;
a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts, each contact being a monolithic conductor, each contact including a base portion, an upper portion, and a blade portion, the base portion being disposed in a corresponding one of the grooves, the upper portion being disposed at least partially in the contact chamber and being configured and arranged to bend relative to the base portion to bias against and make electrical contact with a mating contact of a mating connector inserted into the connector receptacle, at least a portion of the blade portion being disposed in the second region of the corresponding groove, the blade portion including a blade disposed through a portion of an insulating shell of a corresponding one of the insulated wires and making electrical contact with the wire. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A telecommunications connector system for connecting to a mating telecommunications jack, the connector system comprising:
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a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber;
a carrier configured to receive a plurality of insulated conductive lines; and
a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts at least partially disposed in the carrier, each contact including a first portion configured to make electrical contact with a corresponding one of the conductive lines, a second portion connected to the first portion by a first bend in the contact, and a third portion connected to the second portion by a second bend in the contact, the third portion being configured and arranged to make electrical contact with mating contacts of a mating connector received by the telecommunications connector system;
wherein the plurality of contacts are each configured to flex at the first bend, such that forces are developed in the first bend, in response to the third portion being pressed upon by one of the mating contacts. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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Specification