Patent ID: 7922515

Claim:
An interconnection junction between a twisted pair communications cable and a communications connector having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), comprising: a housing having an aperture and a pair of first and second IDCs extending within the aperture; a twisted pair communications cable having a twisted pair of first and second conductors; and a termination device comprising: a body having an outer surface; a channel in the outer surface of the body, the channel being sized and configured to receive a twist of the first and second conductors and to maintain the twist in position; IDC guide structure configured to guide the first IDC into engagement with the first conductor at a first engagement location and the second IDC into engagement with the second conductor at a second engagement location, the first and second engagement locations being positioned within the channel and within the twist of the first and second conductors; wherein a splitting structure is positioned in the channel that separates at least a portion of the first and second conductors as they reside in the channel.