US 12,068,557 B2
Electrical connector with removable load bar
Robert Brennan, York, PA (US); and Randy Schwartz, York, PA (US)
Assigned to Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc, York, PA (US)
Filed by Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,563.
Application 18/099,563 is a continuation of application No. 17/202,536, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,594,836.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155316 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/41 (2006.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) [H01R 13/41 (2013.01); H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular plug system including:
a plug housing including a top surface, bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, a front end and an opening opposite the front end, and a cavity extending from the front end to the opening in the back end;
a load bar sized to engage the cavity in a modular plug with the load bar including a first row of openings and a second row of openings,
wherein,
the first row of openings are each sized to each accommodate a wire, and
each opening in the load bar is sized to concentrically align with one of a plurality of holes extending through the front end of the modular plug such that each wire passes through the holes and extends out past the front end of the modular plug, and
each wire passed through one opening in the load bar is guided to a corresponding opening in the front of the modular plug.