Patent ID: 7347739

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