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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Frank P Baker, III, Chatham, NJ (US);
Lyndon D Ensz, Douglas, NE (US);
Amid I Hashim, Randolph, NJ (US);
William J Ivan, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Troy P Million, Sparta, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Connectors, such as 110-type patch plugs, are designed to reduce near-end crosstalk that is generated between the twisted pairs of multi-wire cordage. Connectors of the present invention have a wire guide having a plurality of channels within which the different twisted pairs and ultimately the individual wires are distributed from the cordage to corresponding conducting contacts of the connectors. The channels of the wire guide enable improved control over the twist rates of the different twisted pairs as well as the routing paths between the cordage and the contacts which reduces the level of near-end crosstalk as well as variability in that level from one connector assembly to another. In one particular embodiment, the connector has a four-piece modular design (not counting the individual contacts) having separate wire guide, contact base, top cover, and bottom cover. The contact base receives the conducting contacts and mounts onto the wire guide to form the electrical connections between the contacts and the individual wires.