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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1989
W John Denkmann, Carmel, IN (US);
Leonard H Drexler, Carmel, IN (US);
Ronald H Guelden, Shreveport, LA (US);
William T Spitz, Indianapolis, IN (US);
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, NY (US);
AT&T Information Systems Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An easily assembled connecting block provides interconnection between modular plugs and insulated telephone wires or the like. The connecting block includes: (i) a metallic lead frame comprising a number of flat elongated conductive elements that terminate in closely spaced flat wires at one end thereof, each conductive element terminating in two pairs of insulation-displacing contact fingers at the other end; and (ii) a dielectric block for receiving the closely spaced wires within a jack housing contained therein and for supporting the metallic lead frame. In one embodiment the connectors are an integral part of the lead frame itself and are 'sandwiched' between a pair of dielectric blocks, each block having a plurality of corresponding slots for guiding wires into the region between opposing contact fingers of the connectors.