Patent ID: 6010353
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A communication plug for terminating a cable having a plurality of conductors therein, said plug comprising:a jack interface housing having a first wall having an external surface having a plurality of slots therein for receiving jack springs, said housing further having an open ended chamber therein;a separate strain relief housing having a proximal end mounted to said jack interface housing, said strain relief housing having a passage extending therethrough for receiving the cable said proximal end including means for orienting and holding the individual conductors in the cable in a pre-determined pattern, each of the conductors being spaced from adjacent conductors; anda plurality of conductive members within said chamber of said jack interface housing, each of said conductive members having a conductor interface end and a jack interface end, said conductor interface ends of said members being arrayed in a pattern that corresponds to the predetermined pattern of the conductors, wherein each said conductor interface end is connected to a corresponding cable conductor and each of said jack interface ends is positioned to be conductively connected to a corresponding jack spring.