Patent ID: 9583890
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01R,H05K

Claim:
1. A communication connector for improving signal transmission performance, the communication connector comprising: a cable termination component having a front end and a rear end, said cable termination component being sized and configured for selective receipt of a plurality of conductor pairs of a cable; a plurality of slots on said cable termination component, wherein each wire of each of said plurality of conductor pairs may be selectively pressed into one of said plurality of slots; a receptacle component including a plurality of electrical contacts and a plurality of offset-positioned insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), each of said plurality of offset-positioned IDCs being aligned for engaged abutment with a corresponding one of the wires of the plurality of conductor pairs when said cable termination component and said receptacle component are coupled; a printed circuit board; a first lever arm having a distal end and a proximal end that is pivotally secured to said cable termination component, said proximal end having a hook element that is sized and configured for engaging a corresponding latch element on said receptacle component, and said first lever arm being selectively operable between an open position and a closed position, wherein force exerted by a user on the distal end of said first lever arm when in the open position causes said hook element to engage said corresponding latch element, thereby defining the closed position, and securing said cable termination component to said receptacle component; and wherein the offset placement of said IDCs increases the separation distance between IDCs of another receptacle component when a plurality of said receptacle components are adjacent to one another, whereby a signal transmission is improved.