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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Paul Raymond Briggs, Jr., Newton, NJ (US);
Mark Steven Curtis, Papillion, NE (US);
John Francis May, Omaha, NE (US);
Robert Kevin Noon, Tobyhanna, PA (US);
Clarion Floyd Zoucha, Omaha, NE (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention allows for an increase in termination density for customer cable pairs in electronic cabinets, building terminals, and protectors and switching equipment terminations in central offices by providing a connector module is provided having a first insulating housing cap including a row of slots and a row of contact cavities defined within the first housing cap by contact guiding walls. Each slot is adapted for receiving a wire and each cavity is arranged in open communication with one of the slots and has a first orientation relative to the slots. A second insulating housing cap including a row of slots and a row of contact cavities defined within the second housing cap by contact guiding walls. Each slot is adapted for receiving a wire and each cavity being arranged in open communication with one of the slots and has a second orientation relative to the slots. A row of contacts are mounted within the first and second housing caps. Each contact includes a first wire termination portion capable of providing electrical connection to a first wire and being mounted within the first housing cap so as to be positioned within the first housing cap slot, and a second wire termination portion capable of providing electrical connection to a second wire and being mounted within the second housing cap so as to be positioned within the second housing cap slot.