High density high performance telecommunications/data link and connector with tap and contact displacement assembly

A process of forming a telecommunications/data link and connector assembly, the process comprising the steps of:

• providing a contact alignment body with a plurality of alignment region grooves and wire openings;
• providing a plurality of contact elements, each said contact element having a wire side end;
• positioning each of said contact elements in one of said alignment region grooves with said wire side end extending into said wire openings of said contact alignment body;
• providing a contact displacement member connected to said contact elements;
• providing a wire guide with a plurality of wire channels, said wire guide having a cable end of a small width and a contact alignment body end of a larger width, said wire channels providing wire paths of substantially identical lengths extending from said cable end to said contact alignment body end;
• providing a cable with wire terminating ends and contact portions;
• inserting said wire terminating ends in said wire channels of said wire guide with said contact portion of said wire terminating ends extending out of said wire channels;
• electrically connecting said contact portions with corresponding said contact elements, at said wire side ends of said contact elements;
• and
• joining said cable, said wire guide and said contact alignment body with an overlay molded housing by positioning a portion of said cable, said wire guide and a portion of said contact alignment body in a mold and injecting material in said mold to form said overlay molded housing.