Patents
US 10978838 B2: Multi-stage termination of a cable to an RJ-45 outlet
- Granted
- 2021-04-13
- Filed
- 2019-04-02 application 16373310
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A termination mechanism for reducing the force required by a user to terminate a plurality of wires by staggering the moment in which each wire of the plurality of wires encounters a respective insulation displacement contact (IDC) when connecting twisted-pair cables to an RJ45 connector includes a wire manager including a first and second groupings of wire manager slots; the first and second groupings of wire manager slots being at different depths relative to the respective IDCs; and wherein selective force applied by the user to the wire manager in the direction of the PCB causes a first stage of termination wherein each IDC of a first plurality of the IDCs is electrically connected with a corresponding wire of the plurality of wires in the first grouping of wire manager slots and continued selective force causes a second stage of termination in the second grouping of wire manager slots.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210413.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Cable Corporation 39 patents | US company or organization | Roanoke, VA | OPTICAL CABLE CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally OPTICAL CABLE CORP State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state OPTICAL CABLE CORP Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick F. Stikeleather | Old Fort, NC | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sumio Seo | Wallingford, VT | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H01R | Electrically-conductive connections; structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements; coupling devices; current collectors | H01R24/64 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SEO, SUMIO signed 2019-06-28 STIKELEATHER, DERRICK F. signed 2019-06-28 | OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION ROANOKE, VA | 49653/342 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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