Modular cable termination plug

• US 8,277,260 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Caveney, Jack E., Doorhy, Michael V., Dylkiewicz, David A., German, Jason J., Martino, Nicholas G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US13/277,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20120058689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 348 Days
• Field of Search: 439/676, 439/391, 439417-419, 439456-462
• 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 conductors held therein comprising:

a housing;

a conductor divider, the conductor divider having an upper divider channel, a lower divider channel, and a pair of opposing side divider channels;

a strain relief collar configured to be inserted into the housing and to retain the conductor divider, wherein the strain relief collar comprises a pair of opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls being connected by a top and bottom strip.

2. The plug of claim 1 further comprising a load bar, the load bar being retained within the housing by the strain relief collar.

3. The plug of claim 1 further comprising horizontal latch tabs on upper edges of the sidewalls of the strain relief collar, the horizontal latch tabs configured to engage edges of a housing pocket located in the housing to secure the strain relief collar within the housing.

4. The plug of claim 1 further comprising a strain relief boot.

5. The plug of claim 1 wherein the conductor divider further comprises at least one entrant barb.