Patent ID: 8776365

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising: providing a housing having a front side and a back side and adapted for receiving the end of a cable comprising multiple pairs of electrical wires; positioning multiple pairs of electrical connectors in the housing such that one end of each of the electrical connectors is exposed on the front side of the housing and one end of the connector is exposed on the back side of the housing, and each of electrical connectors having an insulation displacement contact terminal on the end exposed on the back side of the housing; connecting multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires to the connectors on the back side of the housing, wherein an outer jacket of insulation from the multiple pairs of insulated electrical wires is removed to expose an individual wire contained therein by the insulation displacement contact terminal; and pressure molding a dielectric material on the back side of the housing to encapsulate the connections of the wires and the connectors on the back side of the housing.