Patent ID: 8272888
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, comprising: (a) a first part having a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; (b) a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; and (c) a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including: wherein the first part and the second part are releasably couplable together via slidable engagement by transverse movement of the first and second parts part along the articular surface of the second part such that the midsections of the contacts can be located in said channels when the first part and the second part are separated and are encased between the first part and the second part when coupled together.