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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Gene Reed, Clemmons, NC (US);
Terry Lee Pitts, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439536 ;
Abstract
A communications outlet comprises a base which is mountable on an outlet box to permit interconnections with wires in the outlet box. The base has a mounting cage in which an electrical connector having insulation displacement terminals can be mounted after the wires are terminated to the terminals, and a support platform on which the connector can be seated during insulation displacement termination of the wires to the terminals.