Patent ID: 6488525
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A terminal housing for a communication connector, comprising:a base wall; a plurality of first terminal posts disposed along one side of the base wall and a plurality of second terminal posts disposed along an opposite side of the base wall, wherein the terminal posts are configured to receive outside wire leads for establishing electrical connections between the wire leads and connector terminals associated with the terminal posts; and a wire lead guide structure comprising a generally flat wall that extends upward from the base wall intermediate the first terminal posts at the one side of the base wall and the second terminal posts at the opposite side of the base wall, wherein the flat wall has a height sufficient to prevent a first set of wire leads dressed along a first-side of the flat wall and terminating at the first terminal posts, and a second set of wire leads dressed along a second side of the flat wall opposite the first side and terminating at the second terminal posts, from contacting or approaching one another in a manner tending to degrade electrical performance of the connector; and the flat wall of the wire lead guide structure has shoulders that protrude from the first and the second sides of the flat wall, and the shoulders are formed to restrain the first and the second sets of wire leads in a desired dress configuration between the shoulders and the first and the second terminal posts.