Patent ID: 8313338

Claim:
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 housing comprising: (i) a first part having a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; and (ii) a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; (b) a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including: (i) resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable; (ii) insulation displacement contacts extending from one end of the resiliently finger contacts and being seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots for effecting electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the second data cable; and (iii) mid sections extending therebetween; and (c) a plurality of capacitive plates aligned and extending from a common point on respective ones of said mid sections of the contacts by electrically conductive stems, wherein mid sections of the contacts generally lie in a common plane and the contacts including lugs and elbows bearing against the housing, thereby inhibiting movement of the mid sections to induce or restrict capacitive coupling between adjacent contacts.