Patent ID: 9496667
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector system, the connector system comprising: a first connector, the first connector including a first housing, the first housing including at least one first terminal cavity and at least one first receiving pocket; a second connector, the second connector including a second housing, the second housing including at least one second terminal cavity and at least one second receiving pocket; at least one lead wire assembly, each lead wire assembly including a lead wire having a first end and a second end with a first electrically conductive terminal connected to the first end of the lead wire and a second electrically conductive terminal connected to the second end of the lead wire; and at least one connector link, each connector link including a first sub-connector, a second sub-connector and at least one twisted pair cable, the first sub-connector including at least one pair of first sub-connector cavities formed therein for receiving at least one first pair of electrically conductive terminals, the second sub-connector including at least one pair of second sub-connector cavities formed therein for receiving at least one second pair of electrically conductive terminals, each twisted pair cable having a first end and a second end, the first end of each twisted pair cable being connected to one of the first pairs of electrically conductive terminals, each second end of the twisted pair cable being connected to one of the second pairs of electrically conductive terminals; wherein a first end of the lead wire assembly is retained in the first terminal cavity of the first connector and a second end of the lead wire assembly is retained in the second terminal cavity of the second connector, and wherein a first end of the connector link is retained in one of the first receiving pockets of the first connector and a second end of the connector link is retained in one of the second receiving pockets of the second connector.