Patent ID: 9509107
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A communications patch cord, comprising: a cable that extends in a longitudinal direction, the cable including eight insulated conductors that are arranged as four twisted pairs of conductors; a first plug that is mounted on a first end of the cable; and a second plug that is mounted on the second end of the cable, wherein the first plug includes: a plug housing; a printed circuit board mounted within the plug housing that includes a plurality of conductive paths; first through eighth plug blades that are transversely aligned in a row on a top surface of the printed circuit board; first through eighth metal-plated vias in the printed circuit board, wherein each of the conductors of the cable is terminated into a respective one of the metal-plated vias, wherein the conductive paths electrically connect the first through eighth plug blades to respective ones of the first through eighth metal-plated vias.