Patent ID: 8210883

Claim:
A termination block comprising: a body having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, a first side, and a second side, the body defining slot pairs extending in two rows along the front of the body between the first side and the second side, each slot pair including two slots having an open end at a front surface at the front of the body, each row of the slot pairs being separated into a first group of slot pairs at the first side of the body and a second group of slot pairs at the second side of the body, each group of the slot pairs including at least two of the slot pairs, the first group of each row being separated from the second group of the row by a gap that is larger than a gap between adjacent slot pairs within each group, the gap separating the first group from the second group being defined by the front surface of the body; a plurality of pairs of insulation displacement contacts positioned at the slot pairs at the front of the body; and a first guide arrangement disposed at the rear of the housing, the first guide arrangement being configured to direct twisted pairs of electrical cables across the top of the body uncovered from the rear to the front.