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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1975
Edwin Charles Hardesty, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Western Electric Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A plug for terminating a cord in the field includes an unipartite, non-hinged, dielectric housing having a cord-input aperture, internal surfaces defining a cavity for receiving an end portion of the cord, jacket and conductor anchoring members, and facilities for supporting terminals in a partially seated position in terminal-receiving openings in the housing. The terminals have internal contacting portions for engaging cord conductors and external contacting portions for engaging electrically associated components of a telephone apparatus when the plug is inserted thereinto. The temporary terminal support facilities include webs formed integrally with the housing. Portions of the terminals are embedded in the webs while portions of the webs are reformed into clamping engagement with other portions of the terminals during the partial insertion of the terminals. This supports the terminals against unintended pivotal and linear movement and such that the internal contacting portions do not initially protrude into the cavity. This permits the plug to be assembled with an end portion of a cord after which forces are applied to the anchoring members to move them into clamping engagement with the jacket and with the conductors. Forces are subsequently or simultaneously applied to the terminals to further reform the webs and cause increased clamping engagement of the webs with the terminals as well as to permit the internal contacting portions to be moved into the cavity and into electrical engagement with the conductors received therein. The arrangement for supporting the terminals in a partially seated position is also useful in a multi-station assembly of a two part bonded housing.