US 12,463,391 B2
Modular telecommunications plug and method
Brian J. Fitzpatrick, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/922,449
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/030232
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/222788, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,706, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178945 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 13/6463 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 24/64 (2013.01) [H01R 13/582 (2013.01); H01R 13/6463 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular plug for terminating a telecommunications cable having twisted pairs of wires, the modular plug comprising:
a housing defining an internal cavity and slots running parallel to a central axis;
plug contacts, each plug contact at least partially inserted into a slot and being structured to form an electrical interface with a wire from the twisted pairs of wires;
a wire manager positioned inside the internal cavity, the wire manager structured to receive the twisted pairs of wires inside the housing; and
a wire sled extending from the wire manager, the wire sled defining grooves, wherein each groove is configured to receive a wire from the twisted pairs of wires, wherein each groove is positioned at an angle relative to a plug contact at least partially inserted into a slot of the housing, and wherein the grooves are angled toward a side of the wire sled to facilitate crimping first and second tines of the plug contact on opposite sides of the wire when the plug contact is fully inserted into the slot.