Large conductor industrial plug

• US 9,899,765 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2017
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Wagner, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): HYEON, HAE M
• Application Number:
  US15/586,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20170324190A1
• Time in Patent Office: 292 Days
• Field of Search: 439344, 439676
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5816 for cables passing through an aperture in a housing wall, the separate part being captured between cable and contour of aperture
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/582 the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5837 specially adapted for accommodating various sized cables H01R13/5825 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45

Abstract

A communication plug including a plug body, a cavity in the plug body, the cavity having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, a load bar having a plurality of openings on a front face of the load bar, where the cavity is sized to engage the load bar such that the load bar directs at least one wire inserted into a corresponding opening in the load bar into channels in the plug.

Claims

1. A communication plug including:

a plug base;

a cavity in the plug base, the cavity having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion with a plurality of channels extending in the third portion of the cavity;

a load bar having a plurality of openings;

a plurality of first guides in the second portion of the plug base with each guide aligning with a corresponding opening in the load bar,

wherein

the cavity is sized to engage the load bar such that the load bar directs each of a plurality of cables inserted into a corresponding opening in the load bar into a corresponding channel in the third portion of the cavity.

2. The communication plug of claim 1 wherein a first group of openings are arranged in an upper face of the load bar and a second group of openings are arranged in a lower face of the load bar.

3. The communication plug of claim 2 wherein the first group of openings are at a level higher than the channels in the cavity.

4. The communication plug of claim 2 wherein the second group of openings are at a level lower than the channels in the cavity.

5. The communication plug of claim 4 including a plurality of second guides in the second portion of the cavity base with each guide aligning with a corresponding opening in the load bar.

6. The communication plug of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the wire is at least 0.056 inches.

7. The communication plug of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the wire is approximately 0.056 inches.

8. The communication plug of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the wire is approximately 0.058 inches.

9. The communication plug of claim 1 wherein the distance between the centers of the first openings is approximately 0.040 inches.

10. An RJ 45 communication plug including:

a plug base;

a cavity in the plug base, the cavity having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion with a plurality of channels extending in the third portion of the cavity;

a load bar having eight openings;

a plurality of first guides in the second portion of the plug base with each guide aligning with a corresponding opening in the load bar,

wherein

the cavity is sized to engage the load bar such each of the eight openings in the load bar directs a cable inserted into a corresponding opening in the load bar into a corresponding channel in the third portion of the cavity.

11. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 10 wherein a first group of openings are arranged in an upper face of the load bar and a second group of openings are arranged in a lower face of the load bar.

12. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 11 wherein the first group of openings are at a level higher than the channels in the cavity.

13. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 12 including a plurality of first guides in the third portion of the cavity with each guide aligning with a corresponding opening in the load bar.

14. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 11 wherein the second group of openings are at a level lower than the channels in the cavity.

15. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 14 including a plurality of second guides in the third portion of the cavity with each guide aligning with a corresponding opening in the lower face of the load bar.

16. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 10 wherein the diameter of the wire is at least 0.056 inches.

17. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 10 wherein the diameter of the wire is approximately 0.056 inches.

18. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 10 wherein the diameter of the wire is approximately 0.058 inches.

19. The RJ 45 communication plug of claim 10 wherein the distance between openings is between 0.040 and 0.030 inches.