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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1998
Earl William McCleerey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr, Middletown, PA (US);
Robert Wayne Walker, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Douglas Morgan Walburn, Linglestown, PA (US);
Michael Eugene Shirk, Grantville, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector (10,200,300) for termination to a multiconductor cable (12,306) along a length thereof at a point remote from an end thereof, such as after installation of the cable within a premises, and including a housing (20,202,302) and a cover (22,204,304) securable to each other around the cable. The housing contains a plurality of contacts (60,220,320) with first contact sections (66,234,328) in slots (62,236,330) that open onto the cable face adjacent the cable jacket. Upon actuation of actuators (90,222,326), the contacts associated with the actuators are urged downwardly against the cable jacket, penetrating the jacket (14) and compressively engaging the cable's conductors (16). Second contact sections (68,232,348) are exposed along the mating face (72,214,310) of the connector for mating with complementary contacts of an interface module (400).