US 12,170,426 B2
Modular telecommunications plug and method
Brian J. Fitzpatrick, McKinney, TX (US); and Jeffrey Allan Oberski, Lucas, TX (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/626,363
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/041617
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/007520, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,715, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,841, filed on Jul. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263272 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6463 (2011.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01); H01R 43/18 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6463 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/5829 (2013.01); H01R 43/048 (2013.01); H01R 43/18 (2013.01); H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular plug for terminating a telecommunications cable comprising:
a housing defining an internal cavity;
a plurality of wire contacts, the plurality of wire contacts being configured to electrically connect to pairs of twisted wires in the telecommunications cable; and
a wire manager fitted in the internal cavity of the housing, the wire manager including:
internal walls shaping a central channel;
opposing edges on the internal walls defining a gate in the central channel, the gate decreasing the width of the central channel from a first width to a second width; and
tabs projecting from the gate in the central channel, the tabs defining an upper portion and a lower portion in the gate in the central channel, and wherein the internal walls are flexible in opposite directions to allow a first pair of twisted wires to be contained by the tabs in the lower portion of the gate in the central channel.