Patent ID: 6106335
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An insulation displacement connector comprising:a contact housing;a first row of contacts received in the housing, each contact comprising coupling an insulation displacement portion, a medial portion and a tail portion, the medial portions being substantially normal to the plane of the insulation displacement portions and the tail portions being received in a jack housing coupled to the contact housing anda capacitative coupling arranged to couple capacitatively medial portions of a first and second contact of said row of contacts, said first and second contacts being separated by a third contact spaced therebetween, wherein:said medial portions of said first and second contacts and said capacitative coupling form a first and a second pair of parallel plates;the capacitative coupling comprises a first and a second conductive plate, said first and second conductive plates connected by a conductive bridge portion, said bridge portion overlying the medial portion of said third contact and being spaced therefrom andwherein said insulation displacement connector comprises a second row of contacts, wherein the insulation displacement portions of said first row of contacts are received along a first edge of said housing and the insulation displacement portions of the second row of contacts are received along a second edge of said housing, the medial portions of the contacts of the first and second rows of contacts being substantially normal to the insulation displacement portions and extending towards the center of the housing, the tail portions of the first and second rows of contacts extending away from the center of the housing in a common plane.