Devices for connecting conductors of twisted pair cable to insulation displacement contacts

A method of interconnecting a twisted pair communications cable with a communications connector having a pair of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), comprising:

• (a) positioning a twist of a twisted pair conductors of a communications cable in a channel in a termination device;
• then
• (b) inserting the termination device into a housing having an aperture and a pair of IDCs extending into the aperture, and
• (c) imparting relative movement between the termination device and the housing such that a first of the pair of IDCs engages a first conductor of the twisted pair at a first engagement location and a second of the pair of IDCs engages a second conductor of the twisted pair at a second engagement location, the first and second engagement locations being positioned within the twist of the twisted pair;
• wherein a splitting structure is positioned to separate the conductors of the twisted pair within the twist.

An interconnection junction between a twisted pair communications cable and a communications connector having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), comprising:

• a housing having an aperture and a pair of first and second IDCs extending within the aperture;
• a twisted pair communications cable having a twisted pair of first and second conductors;
• and
• a termination device inserted into the aperture configured to receive and maintain a twist of the twisted pair;
• wherein the first and second conductors engage, respectively, the first and second IDCs within the twist;
• and
• wherein the first and second conductors are separated from each other within the twist by a splitting structure.