MODULAR ELECTRICAL PLUG, PLUG-CABLE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LOAD BAR AND TERMINAL BLADE FOR SAME

摘要

A modular plug (10) including a housing (12) made of dielectric material including a plurality of parallel, spaced, longitudinally extending terminal-receiving slots (16) at a forward end and a longitudinal cavity (14) extending from a rear face thereof forward. Each terminal-receiving slot (16) receives a respective terminal blade (20). The plug (10) also includes a load bar assembly (18) which is inserted into the cavity and includes a load bar housing (40) defining conductor-receiving channels (44) in substantially parallel rows or levels arranged such that each level receives at least one pair of conductors (1, 2) which operatively forming a circuit during use. Preferably, the channels (44) adapted to receive the conductors forming conductor pair #1, conductors 4 and 5 according to a standard convention, and the channels (44) adapted to receive the conductors forming conductor pair #3, conductors 3 and 6, are situated in levels distant from one another to thereby reduce crosstalk between these conductor pairs. The modular plug-cable assembly in accordance with the invention includes a multi-conductor cable (8) and at least one plug (10) as described above terminating a respective end of the cable (8). The other end of the cable (8) may be unterminated or terminated by a plug as described above or another electrical connector.