Patent ID: 6105229
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Portable electrical apparatus useful in telephony and data applications for connecting insulated wires of a multi-pair electrical cable to an outlet, the apparatus comprising:a connector having a housing with input and output ends, an opening through the housing for receiving a plurality of insulated wires in an essentially flat parallel configuration, crimpable means for supporting the insulated wires in the connector against longitudinal stress, and a plurality of metal contacts supported within the connector in a perpendicularly movable relation to the insulated wires;the opening in the connector housing being adapted to allow the ends of the insulated wires to protrude from its output end;a crimping tool having a pair of jaws, means on one of the jaws for positioning the connector in a predetermined position relative thereto, and means on the other jaw operable when the jaws are closed both for crimping the connector to support the insulated wires therein against longitudinal stress and for causing a plurality of the metal contacts in the connector to pierce insulation coverings of and conductively engage respective wires in the connector;the connector housing further having on its output end a flat end face plate generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and an anvil supported from the output end of the housing below and generally perpendicular to the flat end face plate; anda cutting blade supported on the other jaw of the crimping tool and operable when the jaws are closed for moving in a transverse direction across the flat end face plate of the connector against the anvil so as to cut off wires that protrude from the end of the connector.