Electrical connector with external load bar, and method of its use
OwnerRobert W Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
A modular plug system including a plug housing including a top surface, bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, a front end and an opening opposite the front end, and a cavity extending from the front end to the opening in the back end with a plurality of openings extending through the front surface to the cavity, a plurality of guide units in the cavity positioned such that each of a plurality of wires engages a respective guide unit, a cutting surface extending from a lower portion of the front end such that the cutting surface is below the lowest row of openings, where the cutting surface is sized to accommodate two pillars on a crimping device with the two pillars being positioned on opposing sides of the cutting surface when the tool engages the plug.
Claims16
A modular plug system including:
- a plug housing including a top surface, bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, a front end and an opening opposite the front end, and a cavity extending from the front end to the opening in the back end with a plurality of openings extending through the front surface to the cavity;
- a plurality of guide units in the cavity positioned such that each of a plurality of wires engages a respective guide unit;
- a cutting surface extending from a lower portion of the front end such that the cutting surface is below the lowest row of openings, where the cutting surface is sized to accommodate two pillars on a crimping device with the two pillars being positioned on opposing sides of the cutting surface when the tool engages the plug,
- wherein each guide unit is aligned with a respective opening;
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- wherein the cutting surface has a thickness sufficient to stay connected to the front surface after a cutting device engages the cutting surface.
A method of forming a modular connector, the method including the steps of:
- forming a plug housing including a top surface, bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, a front end and an opening opposite the front end, and a cavity extending from the front end to the opening in the back end with a plurality of openings extending through the front surface to the cavity;
- forming a plurality of guide units in the cavity positioned such that each of a plurality of wires engages a respective guide unit;
- forming a cutting surface extending from a lower portion of the front end such that the cutting surface is below the lowest row of openings, where the cutting surface is sized to accommodate two pillars on a crimping device with the two pillars being positioned on opposing sides of the cutting surface when the tool engages the plug,
- aligning each guide unit with a respective opening;
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- wherein the cutting surface has a thickness sufficient to stay connected to the front surface after a cutting device engages the cutting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.