Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1995-11-27
1998-03-03
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
439709, H01R 424
Patent
active
057228507
ABSTRACT:
A telecommunications connector with break/test facility includes a housing (10) which receives a plurality of pairs of contacts (42,44). The housing has a series of first chambers (40) and a series of adjacent second chambers (56). The first contact of each pair has and insulation displacement portion (102,104) received in the first chamber and a spring tail (114) which is received an anchored in the second chamber. The second contact has a conductor termination portion (80) which may be an insulation displacement contact also arranged in the first chamber beneath the first contact, and a spring contact portion (94) arranged in the second chamber to form a spring contact switch with the spring tail of the first contact. A tester (100) may be inserted into the spring contact switch to test the circuits.
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Molex Incorporated
Paumen Gary F.
Tirva A. A.
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