Patent ID: 7905753

Claim:
A coupler connector for coupling a first cable and a second cable in electrically conducting relation to each other, the first cable and the second cable respectively terminated by a first modular plug and a second modular plug each comprising respectively a first plurality of contact terminals and a second plurality of contact terminals, the connector comprising: a terminal assembly comprising a flexible printed circuit board, said flexible printed circuit board comprising a first plurality of contact elements provided at a first end of said flexible printed circuit board, each of said first plurality of contact elements electrically interconnected with a respective one of a second plurality of contact elements provided at a second end of said flexible printed circuit board; a first plug-receiving opening adapted to receive the first modular plug therein, wherein said first plurality of contact elements is disposed within said first plug-receiving opening such that when the first cable is inserted into said first opening, each of the first plurality of contact terminals comes into contact with a respective one of said first plurality of contact elements and a second plug-receiving opening adapted to receive the second modular plug therein, wherein said second plurality of contact elements is disposed within said second plug-receiving opening such that when the second cable is inserted into said second opening, each of the second plurality of contact terminals comes into contact with a respective one of said second plurality of contact elements.