US 11,811,181 B2
Field terminable single pair ethernet connector with angled contacts
Benjamin S. Novak, Lockport, IL (US); Satish I. Patel, Roselle, IL (US); Sean W. Lenz, Countryside, IL (US); Roman J. Churnovic, Joliet, IL (US); Robert E. Fransen, Orland Park, IL (US); and Robert L. Fritz, Elwood, IL (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed by Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/950,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,590, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,194, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,308, filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0151905 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 4/242 (2018.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/242 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6272 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications connector comprising:
a main plug assembly having a pair of electrical contacts; and
a wire cap, wherein the wire cap is configured to terminate exactly a single pair of conductors to the pair of contacts by being secured to a side of the main plug assembly in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a deflection direction of a latch of the communications connector.