Patent ID: 7384298

Claim:
A wire containment cap for use with a communication connector, said wire containment cap having a rear end and a front end and comprising: an opening near said rear end adapted to accept a communication cable, said opening having sufficient space therein to allow for separation of twisted wire pairs of said communication cable within said opening; first and second twisted-pair slots adjacent to said opening, said twisted-pair slots having funnel-shaped slot entrances, each of said first and second twisted-pair slots being adapted to accept at least two of said twisted wire pairs of said communication cable and to route said twisted wire pairs toward the front end of the wire containment cap; and a rear spine separating said first and second twisted-pair slots to form said slot entrances, said opening extending between said rear end and an end of said real spine most proximate to said rear end, said rear spine extending from a first inner wall of said wire containment cap to an opposing second inner wall of said wire containment cap along substantially an entire length of said rear spine.