MODULAR CABLE TERMINATION PLUG

• US 20070105453A1
• Filed: 01/04/2007
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Dylkiewicz, David, Doorhy, Michael, Caveney, Jack, Martino, Nicholas, German, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 7,374,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/676
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/514 composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5812 the cable clamping being achieved by mounting the separate part on the housing of the coupling device
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6463 using twisted pairs of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/2404 the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles penetrating the insulation

Abstract

The invention is a modular cable termination plug having a conductor divider having an entrant barb and a plurality of divider channels, a load bar having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of slots, and a plurality of contact terminals. Additionally, the invention may include a housing, a strain relief collar and a strain relief boot.

Claims

1. A modular plug for terminating a cable having a plurality of twisted signal pairs of conductors held therein, comprising:

a conductor divider comprising a plurality of divider channels for separating and arranging signal pairs of conductors and further comprising a dual post entrant barb.

2. The modular plug of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plurality of divider channels has a tapered side wall.

3. The modular plug of claim 2 wherein the tapered side wall is adapted to receive a signal pair of conductors and alter the position of the signal pair of conductors.

4. The modular plug of claim 1 wherein at least one of said divider channels of said conductor divider has retention bumps.

5. The modular plug of claim 1 wherein said plurality of divider channels comprises at least two side divider channels, an upper divider channel, and a lower divider channel.

6. The modular plug of claim 1 wherein the conductor divider separates and arranges the signal pairs of conductors into a plurality of planes.

7. The modular plug of claim 6 wherein the conductor divider separates and arranges the signal pairs of conductors into three horizontal planes.