Patent ID: 7670193

Claim:
An electrical connector for terminating a cable comprising at least one twisted pair of conductors, each conductor of the at least one twisted pair of conductors comprising an insulated housing surrounding a conductive core wherein a centre of the conductive core of a first of a given pair of the at least one twisted pair is separated from the centre of the conductive core of a second of the given pair by a predetermined spacing when twisted, the connector comprising: a termination module comprising a first surface comprising at least one pair of conductive contacts exposed thereon; and a wire lead guide comprising a mating surface adapted to mate with said first surface and defining at least one elongate passage arranged substantially in parallel to said mating surface, each of said at least one passage adapted to receive an end portion of a respective pair of the at least one twisted pair of conductors while maintaining the predetermined spacing, said guide further comprising at least one aperture defined in said mating surface and intersecting a respective one of said at least one passage; wherein when said mating surface is installed on said first surface, each of said at least one pair of contacts projects into a respective one of said at least one passage.