Patent ID: 8425260

Claim:
A communications cable for use with a communications connector comprising a plurality of serially arranged contacts, the contacts comprising a first contact in the series, a second contact in the series, a third contact in the series, a fourth contact in the series, a fifth contact in the series, a sixth contact in the series, a seventh contact in the series, and an eighth contact in the series, the communications cable comprising: a first wire configured to be connected to the first contact; a second wire configured to be connected to the second contact, a third wire configured to be connected to the third contact; a fourth wire configured to be connected to the fourth contact, a fifth wire configured to be connected to the fifth contact; a sixth wire configured to be connected to the sixth contact; a seventh wire configured to be connected to the seventh contact; and an eighth wire configured to be connected to the eighth contact; the fourth and fifth wires being twisted together to form a first twisted wire pair, the first and second wires being twisted together to form a second twisted wire pair, the third and sixth wires being twisted together to form a third twisted wire pair, the seventh and eighth wires being twisted together to form a fourth twisted wire pair, the first, second, third, and fourth twisted wire pairs being arranged such that the first twisted wire pair is closer to the second and third twisted wire pairs than the first twisted wire pair is to the fourth twisted wire pair, and the second twisted wire pair is closer to the first and fourth twisted wire pairs than the second twisted wire pair is to the third twisted wire pair, the communications cable being constructed according to a Category 6A standard, a Category 7 standard, or a Category 7A standard.