Patent ID: 8477928
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H01R,H04M

Abstract:
1. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising first and second conductors, the assembly comprising: a first contact interconnected with the first conductor of the first cable, wherein said first contact emits a first signal; a pair of contacts interconnected with a respective one of the first and second conductors of the second cable; and a pair of sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein a first of said connector blades disposed in a first of said pair of sockets is interconnected with said first contact and each of a pair of said connector blades disposed in a second of said pair of sockets is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of contacts; wherein said first contact is positioned relative to said pair of contacts such that an amplitude of said first signal received at one of said pair of contacts is substantially the same as an amplitude of said first signal received at another of said pair of contacts.