Patent ID: 6638100
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector configured to attach a plurality of conductors extending though the connector, the connector comprising:a housing; a first contact positioned in said housing, said first contact defining a slot that receives a first of said plurality of conductors and makes electrical contact therewith without interrupting said first of said plurality of conductors; a ground bus positioned in said housing, said ground bus comprising a second contact, said second contact defining a slot that receives a second of said plurality of conductors and makes electrical contact therewith without interrupting said second of said plurality of conductors said ground bus further comprising a bypass slot, said bypass slot being operative to receive said first of said plurality of conductors without making electrical contact therewith; and a third and fourth contacts positioned in said housing, said fourth contact defining a slot capable of receiving one of said first and second of said plurality of conductors and making electrical contact therewith without interrupting said one of said first and second of said plurality of conductors, said fourth contact being capable of being arranged to receive said one of said first and second of said plurality of conductors or arranged to define a gap between said third and fourth contacts that receives said one of said first and second of said plurality of conductors without making electrical contact therewith, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth contacts, said bypass slot, and said gap are arranged such that said first and second of said plurality of conductors lie substantially within the same plane, and said first of said plurality of conductors is uninterrupted within the connector.