Patent ID: 6558204
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plug assembly for data transmission, the plug assembly comprising:a cable having four twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the conductors of one twisted pair being designated A and B respectively, the conductors of a second twisted pair being designated C and D respectively, the conductors of a third twisted pair being designated E and F respectively, and the conductors of the remaining twisted pair being designated G and H respectively; and a plug having a linear array of eight contacts to which the respective conductors are connected so that the order in which the conductors are connected to the contacts from one end of the array of contacts to the other is ABCFEDGH; wherein the conductors are constrained to run with the C and E conductors adjacent each other and the D and F conductors adjacent each other, said conductors being constrained to run adjacent each other in a region between the contacts and the point where the cable enters the plug, and wherein, when the plug is viewed in transverse cross-section in said region, the C, D, E and F conductors are located at the corners of a square with the F conductor diametrically opposite the C conductor and the E conductor diametrically opposite the D conductor.