Patent ID: 6062895
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A patch plug for connecting a plurality of communication wires to a plurality of first insulation displacement contacts, comprising:at least two pairs of spaced-apart electrical conductors, each conductor of each pair of spaced-apart electrical conductors having a front end forming a contact blade and a back end forming a second insulation displacement contact, each of the second insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, in conductive engagement, a respective one of the plurality of communication wires, each contact blade configured to be received, in conductive engagement, into a respective one of said plurality of first insulation displacement contacts; anda dielectric housing containing the at least two pairs of spaced-apart electrical conductors and maintaining each conductor of each pair of spaced-apart electrical conductors aligned in predetermined positions without any one conductor crossing an adjacent conductor and maintaining the second insulation displacement contacts rearwardly of their respective blades;wherein each conductor of each pair of spaced-apart electrical conductors has an electrical contact bar connecting the front end to the back end;wherein the two pairs of electrical conductors are configured such that the electrical contact bars are substantially parallel to one another; andwherein adjacent electrical contact bars of the same pair are closer together than adjacent electrical contact bars of different pairs to reduce electrical interference between the two pairs of electrical conductors.