Method for manufacturing a terminal block
AssigneeChannell Commercial Corporation
InventorGerald L. Shimirak
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising the steps of providing a preformed substrate member comprising a podium member, at least one electrical connector and at least one insulated electrical wire attached to an electrical contact positioned within the at least one electrical connector; placing the preformed substrate member in a mold; and injecting a dielectric material into the mold containing the podium member to form an overmolded terminal block, wherein the dielectric material covers the at least one insulated electrical wire and a portion of the electrical contact positioned within the at least one electrical connector.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising:
- providing an elongated podium member having a front side and a back side and adapted for receiving the end of a cable, the cable comprising a plurality of a plurality of multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires, a plurality of wire receiving slots on an outer edge of the podium member and a plurality of electrical connector slots positioned within the podium member, wherein the plurality of wire receiving slots are arranged in pairs having a first and a second wire receiving slot, which are configured to receive one wire each of a pair of electrical wires, which are each attached to an electrical contact;
- placing an electrical connector within each of the plurality of electrical slots such that one end of the connector is on the front side of the podium member and one end is on the back side of the podium member;
- connecting the plurality of multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires in pairs to each of the plurality of electrical connectors on the back side of the podium member;
- attaching a bond clamp to the cable;
- attaching the bond clamp to the podium member;
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- overmolding a dielectric material into the back side of the podium member to encapsulate the connections of the electrical wires and the podium member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.