Patent ID: 7163416

Claim:
A reusable connector for use with a female RJ style jack, the reusable connector for connection to the ends of twisted pair conductors in a twisted pair cable and also for connection to the side of the RJ style jack opposing the female RJ style connection such that the RJ style jack is established in electrically conductive relation with the twisted pair conductors, the reusable connector, said RJ style jack having a plurality of electrodes, the reusable connector comprising; a base element having a plurality of conductor receiving receptacles for maintaining twisted pair conductors in a substantially fixed spatial relationship to each other; a second element, having conductive elements, for engaging said conductors and immobilizing them from being withdrawn from said conductor receiving receptacles; the conductive elements having piercing members capable of piercing the conductors for conducting signal from the conductors to the conductive elements; the conductive elements of the second element being aligned such that they engage the plurality of electrodes on the RJ style jack when the second element is brought together with the RJ style jack; and locking members on said connector for maintaining said cap in intimate engagement with said RJ style jack; and in which the reusable connector is adapted to be connected to the RJ style jack by movement in a direction substantially at a right angle to a long axis of the conductors.