Modular plug and method of coupling a cable to the same

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EP 1 195 855 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/51

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/15

(21)	Application number: 01402400.4

(22)	Date of filing: 19.09.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 13/02, H01R 24/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

05.10.2000 EP 00402750

(71)	Applicant: NEXANS
	75016 Paris (FR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Laes, Robert 2570 Duffel (BE)

(74)	Representative: Feray, Valérie et al
	Cabinet FERAY/LENNE 44/52, Rue de la Justice 75020 Paris 75020 Paris (FR)

(54)	Modular plug and method of coupling a cable to the same

(57) A modular telecommunication plug and a method of coupling a cable with twisted wire pairs to the same. The plug comprises a housing with a wire receivable cavity (1) adapted for guiding bared untwisted ends of the cable wires towards a plug contact end which is provided with grooves (5). The grooves are adapted for receiving straightened bared ends (8) of the wires that will constitute the contact terminals of the plug. In a preferred embodiment, the housing has a fixed part (9) and a removable part (10). The fixed part has the upper wall (3) of the plug housing cavity (1) and the removable part has the lower wall (2) of this cavity, the untwisted wire ends being maintained between these two walls.

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