Patent ID: 6592395
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector assembly for connecting first pairs of wire leads for a first cable to corresponding second pairs of wire leads of a second cable, comprising:a terminal housing structure comprising first and second terminal housing parts which are substantially identical to each other and comprise a first base on said first part, and a second base on said second part facing in a direction opposite the first base said parts being latched together; first pairs of connector terminals configured to connect with the first pairs of wire leads of the first cable; second pairs of connector terminals configured to connect with the second pairs of wire leads of the second cable; a wiring board captured between the first and the second bases of the terminal housing structure, wherein the wiring board has sets of four spaced conductive terminal openings formed at locations in the board corresponding to the connector terminal location, the first pairs of connector terminals are mounted on one side of the board in corresponding first pairs of terminal openings of each set, the second pairs of connector terminals are mounted on the opposite side of the board in corresponding second pairs of terminal openings of each set, and conductors are arranged to connect the first and the second pairs of the terminal openings within each set to one another; wherein a given pair of the first pairs of wire leads can be spliced to a corresponding pair of the second pairs of wire leads via the connector terminals associated with one of the sets of terminals in the wire board; a partition wall extending upwardly and medially from each of said bases to separate at least one of said pairs of conductor terminals from another one of said pairs of conductor terminals wherein said wall is dimensional to coating and control lead dress among the first and second pairs of wire leads; and the sets of terminal openings are spaced apart sufficiently from one another to avoid crosstalk between the connector terminals mounted in adjacent sets of terminal openings.