Patent ID: 7249962
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly for interconnecting an end of a cable comprising at least one twisted pair of conductors, each of the conductors enveloped in an insulating covering, with the bifurcated contacts of a connecting block, the assembly comprising: an insulated housing; and a plurality of non-contacting conductive terminals disposed in said housing, each of said terminals comprising a blade exposed along a front face of said housing and adapted to be inserted into one of the bifurcated contacts and a piercing mechanism comprising at least one tooth; wherein each conductor of the at least one twisted pair of conductors is terminated by one of an adjacent pair of said terminals, said teeth puncturing the insulated covering of a free end of the conductor thereby bringing said terminal into conductive contact with the conductor and further wherein a spacing of said piercing mechanisms of said adjacent pair of terminals is less than a spacing of said blades of said adjacent pair of terminals.