Patent ID: 7014496

Claim:
A method of connecting two wire pairs comprising: providing an electrical connector assembly comprising: a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end; a second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end and the second connection end are in contact; a connector comprising a pair of wire receiving passages movable between a first position in which a pair of wires is held apart from the second termination end and a second position in which the pair of wires is inserted into the second termination end, wherein the connector removes the pair of wires from the second termination end and reinserts the pair of wires into the second termination end; and a base member adapted to receive the first pair of contact members and the second pair of contact members, and a cap member, the cap member urges a pair of wires into the first termination end; inserting a first two wire pair into a first pair of openings in the cap member and positioning an end of the first two wire pair in a vicinity of the first termination end; closing the cap member onto the base member to urge the first wire pair into the first termination end; inserting a second two wire pair into the wire receiving passage of the connector; and moving the connector from the first position in which the second pair of wires is held apart from the second termination end to the second position in which the second pair of wires is inserted into the second termination end.