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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Friedrich W. Denter, Castrop-Rauxel, DE;
Christine B. Bund, Wuppertal, DE;
Hans-dieter Otto, Wipperfurth, DE;
Wolfgang Edelmann, Wuppertal, DE;
Guenter Szymanski, Wuppertal, DE;
Friedrich W. Denter, Castrop-Rauxel, DE;
Christine B. Bund, Wuppertal, DE;
Hans-Dieter Otto, Wipperfurth, DE;
Wolfgang Edelmann, Wuppertal, DE;
Guenter Szymanski, Wuppertal, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A termination strip () for a telecommunications module comprising at least one pair of contact elements () arranged side-by-side, each terminating in contacts () on opposed longitudinal sides () of the strip for connection to a wire pair of a telecommunications cable. Each contact element comprises: (i) two end regions () that terminate in contacts on respective longitudinal sides of the termination strip and are substantially aligned with one another along the longitudinal axis of the contact element, and (ii) a narrower central region () between the end regions, located substantially on one side of the longitudinal axis. One of the end regions comprises a resilient contact region () extending from the end region substantially on the other side of the longitudinal axis and engageable by an external component inserted into the termination strip from one of the opposed longitudinal sides. The contact elements are substantially identical but turned through 180° relative to one another with the narrower central regions adjacent one another.