Patent ID: 7556536

Claim:
A method of terminating a cable having a plurality of twisted signal pairs of conductors and an internal spline with a connector, said method comprising: providing a conductor divider having a plurality of divider channels for separating and arranging signal pairs of conductors of said cable in fixed planes and a double post entrant barb; inserting said double post entrant barb into said cable such that each post of the double post entrant barb fits into a corner of said internal spline flush to the end of said cable: untwisting said twisted signal pairs of conductors of said cable; placing each untwisted signal pair into one of said divider channels such that individual conductors of said twisted pairs emerge from said conductor divider opposite said cable; providing a load bar having through holes adapted to separate said individual conductors and arrange said individual conductors into a plurality of fixed planes; inserting said conductors of said twisted pairs into said through holes of said load bar, thereby forming a termination subassembly comprising said conductors, said conductor divider, and said load bar; inserting said termination subassembly into a cavity of a connector housing; and electrically terminating said individual conductors in said connector housing.