Patch cord connector
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsRoyal Jenner, Chad A. Follmar
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Abstract
A patch cord connector for use in 110 style cross-connect systems includes a two piece housing with snaps located on the conductor housing, an angled wire housing front to simplify terminations and a double staggering arrangement of the conductors to achieve category 5 performance.
Claims15
An electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- and
- a plurality of conductors situated within the housing having a generally flat blade portion disposed at an output end of the housing, an intermediate portion and an insulation displacement contact (IDC) portion for receiving an individual wire, wherein the intermediate portions of adjacent conductors are alternately situated substantially in a lower or an upper plane and are alternately of a shorter or a longer length.
A patch cord plug connector for terminating a plurality of wires for electrically connecting to a plurality of insulation displacement conductors comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- a plurality of laterally spaced apart conductors having an insulation displacement contact (IDC) portion at one end, a flat blade portion at a second end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween;
- wherein the intermediate portions of adjacent conductors are alternatingly long and short;
- and
- wherein the intermediate portions of adjacent conductors extend rearwardly from the blade portion in vertically spaced apart planes.
A patch cord connector for terminating a plurality of wires for electrically connecting to a plurality of insulation displacement conductors, comprising:
- a plurality of generally parallel laterally spaced apart conductors situated in adjacent conductor pairs within a dielectric housing, with at least one conductor pair being a transmitting pair and at least one conductor pair being a receiving pair, wherein the conductors of each conductor pair are of alternating lengths such that the noise received by each of the receiving conductors from the nearest transmitting conductor is substantially balanced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.