Patent ID: 8002571

Claim:
An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, comprising: (a) a housing comprising: (i) a front part including a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; and (ii) a back part including a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; (b) a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable; insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots for effecting electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the second data cable; and mid sections extending therebetween; and (c) a plurality of capacitive plates coupled to respective ones of said mid sections of the contacts by electrically conductive stems, wherein the capacitive plates induce capacitive coupling between adjacent contacts.