Patent ID: 6227899
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular telephone-style male plug, comprising:a contact mating portion, comprised of a first set of four sides, which includes a plurality of contact slots each for receiving a contact blade;a plurality of contact blades, each said contact blade with an upper mating surface for mateable engagement with a spring contact portion of a modular female jack or outlet, each said contact blade comprising a conductor engaging tip opposite said upper mating surface to electrically terminate and connect to a conductor of a plurality of conductors, each said conductor comprising an electrically conductive wire surrounded by an insulating cover;a plurality of channels, each said channel having a length and a height to receive said conductor such that a portion of each said channel is located adjacent and in alignment with one said contact slot, said length of each said channel being greater than said height of each said channel, whereby each said contact slot aligns each said contact blade to electrically connect to each said conductor;a cable receiving portion comprised of a second set of four sides and including a cable capture mechanism to engage a cable find retain said cable within said cable receiving portion, an opening formed in the interior of said cable receiving portion for receiving said cable, said cable comprising one or more pairs of solid plurality of conductors;an intermediate portion comprising one latch wall having an interior floor and two side walls, said latch wall and said side walls forming an interior space therebetween, said interior space able to contain said one or more pairs of said conductors which traverse said modular plug from said cable receiving portion to said contact mating portion;said intermediate portion further comprising at least one opening, said opening opposite said interior floor of said latch wall, said opening being in direct communication with space surrounding said plug and in direct communication with said interior space of said intermediate portion of said plug; andat least one projecting surface extending from at least one of said side walls such that said projecting surface overhangs a portion of said interior floor, said projecting surface forming an interior corner at the intersection of said projecting surface with said side wall, the outer surface of said projecting surface not extending above the top wall of said plug.