Patent ID: 7168994
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A modular plug for terminating a cable having a plurality of twisted signal pairs of conductors held therein, comprising: a conductor divider having a plurality of divider channels for separating and arranging signal pairs of conductors in fixed planes, said conductor divider comprising an upper divider channel having a tapered split channel divider for separating the conductors of one of said signal pairs of conductors and further comprising a lower divider channel, a left divider channel, and a right divider channel; a load bar having a plurality of through holes for separating and arranging individual conductors into a plurality of fixed planes and a plurality of slots, each slot aligned with a through hole; and a plurality of contact terminals, each of said contact terminals having a height corresponding to a fixed plane of an individual conductor, each of said contact terminals positioned in one of the plurality of slots and electrically connected to an individual conductor.