Patent ID: 8333607

Claim:
A connector for a foil-shielded twisted pair cable including a plurality of insulation displacement contacts, comprising: (a) an IDC base assembly including: a terminal jack base with a plug opening at a first end and a plurality of insulation displacement contacts at an opposed second end; and a pair of pivotable wings including two pressing regions and at least one axial cable guide, the wings mounted to the terminal base and pivotable about the second end of the terminal jack base and IDC's; and (b) a lacing cap assembly having a lacing cap frame with a cylindrical central opening; a lacing cap including a plurality of wire slots corresponding to the insulation displacement contacts at a first end of the lacing cap frame and a cylindrical lacing cap collar at the other end of the lacing cap; a cam nut having at least one locking tab mounted for rotation about the cylindrical lacing cap collar; and a deflectable contact ring mounted about the cylindrical cap collar between the collar and the cam nut; wherein when the wings pivotably mounted on the terminal base are pivoted closed about an installed cable, the pressing regions axially displace the lacing cap towards the IDC's for engaging the wires in the lacing cap slots with the IDC's and the cam locking tabs secures the pivoted wing closed to lock the lacing cap assembly to the IDC assembly and deflect the deflectable contact ring to ground the cable.