Patent ID: 7322847

Claim:
A connector block, comprising: a housing having an upper end and a lower end; a first pair of tip and ring conductive insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) mounted in the housing; a second pair of tip and ring conductive IDCs mounted in the housing; wherein each of the IDCs has an upper end that has a first slot and a lower end that has a second slot, the lower end being offset from the upper end; wherein the tip IDCs are aligned in a first row within the housing and the ring IDCs are aligned in a second row within the housing; wherein the upper end of the housing includes a plurality of slits that define a plurality of pillars, and wherein the first slot of each IDC is aligned with a respective one of the slits; and wherein at least portions of the lower end of each of the IDCs extend outside the housing through one or more openings in the lower end of the housing.