Patent ID: 7632133
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cross connect terminal block, comprising: a base; at least one set of terminals disposed in said base, said terminal having a first end and a second end, said first end being used for connecting with a first set of wires and said second end being used for connecting with a second set of wires; at least a first cover removably disposed on said base and having a support means for supporting said first set of wires, said support means of the first cover being located at a position corresponding to the first end of said terminal; and at least a second cover removably disposed on said base and having a support means for supporting said second set of wires, said support means of the second cover being located at a position corresponding to the second end of said terminal, wherein at least one of said first cover and said second cover has a set of apertures, and said cross connect terminal block further comprises at least a plug, said plug comprising: an electrically insulative body having a first end and a second end, said body having a set of splicing contacts therein, each splicing contact having a first end portion which is located at said first end of said body and is adapted to make electrical connection with one end of said terminal in said base, and a second end portion which is located at said second end of said body and is adapted to make electrical connection with a third set of wires; a cap removably disposed at said second end of said body and having a support means for supporting said third set of wires, said support means of said cap being located at a position corresponding to said second end portion of said splicing contact; whereby when said plug is mating with said first cover or second cover, said first end portion of said splicing contact accesses and connects to one end of said terminal in said base by passing through said set of apertures of said first or second cover.