Wire Containment Cap
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsJack E. Caveney, Michael V. Doorhy, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Satish I. Patel
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Abstract
A wire containment cap has twisted pair slots for routing twisted wire pairs through the wire containment cap. The twisted pair slots are provided with funnel-shaped entrances to assist in routing the twisted wire pairs from a rear end of the wire containment cap toward wire slots of the wire containment cap. The wire containment cap may be provided in shielded or unshielded versions, and is adapted for use with a communication jack assembly.
Claims5
A shielded wire containment cap for use with a communication connector, the wire containment cap comprising:
- a rear end;
- a front end;
- an opening in the rear end;
- first and second twisted-pair slots within the opening, the twisted-pair slots having funnel-shaped slot entrances;
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- a rear spine, the spine extending from a first inner wall of the wire containment cap to an opposing second inner wall of the wire containment cap, wherein the twisted-pair slots angle away from a central longitudinal axis of the wire-containment cap.
The wire containment cap of claim 4 further comprising strain relief latch teeth located near said rear end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.