Patent ID: 7029336

Claim:
A system comprising: a connector for electrically coupling a plurality of wires to a printed circuit board of a programmable logic controller, a termination end of each of the plurality of wires stripped of insulation, said connector comprising: a housing defining a plurality of cages, said plurality of cages defining a co-planar plurality of cage openings; and a plurality of screw-actuated clamps, each of said screw-actuated clamps disposed substantially within a corresponding one of said plurality of cages, each of said screw-actuated clamps adapted to receive the stripped termination end of at least one of the plurality of wires via the corresponding cage opening, each of said screw-actuated clamps comprising an axially restrained screw, a movable clamping jaw coupled to said screw, and a stationary clamping jaw opposingly disposed to said movable clamping jaw; wherein said plurality of screw-actuated clamps are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings.