Patent ID: 9620871
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A socket assembly comprising: a housing having a front end forming a socket seat for a data plug and an open back end; a circuit board fixed in the housing between the ends and having a front face provided with contacts for engagement with the plug and a back face provided with an array of rearwardly projecting blade contacts; a conductor spreader block engageable in the rear end and adapted to fit with conductors of a multiconductor cable and to, when fitted in the housing, electrically engage the conductors with the blade contacts; a holder fitted in the base between the conductor spreader block and the board and traversed by the blade contacts and having an open back side through which the conductor spreader block can fit, the holder forming a first U-shaped half seat; and a cover subassembly forming a second U-shaped half seat and pivotal on the holder between an open position projecting laterally therefrom with the cable passing loosely into the housing and a closed position rearwardly closing the holder and compressing the cable between the half seats and locking the conductor spreader block in the holder.