A compliant mechanism tool for connector termination can be used to seat a rear body portion of a connector against or within a forward housing portion of the connector. Seating the rear body portion causes conductors, which are coupled to the rear body portion, to electrically couple with respective ones of contacts positioned with the forwarding housing. The compliant mechanism tool includes first and second handles that can be subjected to a squeezing motion causing connected first and second arms to propel a ram toward a head portion of the tool. The ram interfaces with the forward housing portion of the connector causing the forward housing to be pushed against the rear body portion causing seating of the rear body portion; motion of the forward housing is limited by a stop within the head portion of the tool.

A compliant mechanism tool for connector termination can be used to seat a rear body portion of a connector against or within a forward housing portion of the connector. Seating the rear body portion causes conductors, which are coupled to the rear body portion, to electrically couple with respective ones of contacts positioned with the forwarding housing. The compliant mechanism tool includes first and second handles that can be subjected to a squeezing motion causing connected first and second arms to propel a ram toward a head portion of the tool. The ram interfaces with the forward housing portion of the connector causing the forward housing to be pushed against the rear body portion causing seating of the rear body portion; motion of the forward housing is limited by a stop within the head portion of the tool.

An apparatus and method for splicing single pair ethernet (SPE) cables. By creating a T shaped intersection, the splicing device allows for sensors and other devices to run perpendicular in relation to the original cable. The splicing device further enables the cable to have multiple drop points along the cable.

An apparatus and method for splicing single pair ethernet (SPE) cables. By creating a T shaped intersection, the splicing device allows for sensors and other devices to run perpendicular in relation to the original cable. The splicing device further enables the cable to have multiple drop points along the cable.

A communications connector has a main plug assembly and a wire cap that is configured to terminate a pair of conductors to the pair of contacts by being secured to a side of the main plug assembly in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a deflection direction of a latch of the connector. In another embodiment, a communications connector has a main plug assembly and two electrical contacts within the main plug assembly wherein each electrical contact has a first end having a forked receptacle and a second end having an IDC that is configured to have a conductor terminated in a direction perpendicular to a direction of mating insertion and parallel to a plane defined by the contact.

Provided is a cable holding member including: a main body; a through-hole; and a cover portion, wherein the through-hole is configured to allow a cable to be inserted therethrough the main body, a part of the cover portion is configured to, upon the cover portion being bent relative to the main body, be capable of covering a plane intersecting with a direction where the cable is inserted, at an opening end face of an opening portion of the through-hole, the main body includes a latch portion, the cover portion includes a cantilever elastic piece having a latched portion, and it is configured in such a manner that upon the cover portion being bent relative to the main body, the elastic piece is elastically displaced at least in a direction along the direction where the cable is inserted, and the latched portion is capable of being latched to the latch portion.

A housing assembly for a plier-operated insulation-displacement connector includes a first housing section and a second housing section. The first housing section and the second housing section are movable with respect to one another. Each of the first housing section and the second housing section has a top surface grippable by a jaw of a plier. The top surface of the first housing section has a concave area in a first direction. The top surface of the second housing section at least one of: has a concave area in the first direction, and is slidably arranged along the first direction with respect to the top surface of the first housing section.

A connector assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of terminals disposed on the PCB, a main body disposed on the PCB and supporting the terminals, a cable supported by the terminals, and a housing coupled to the main body, covering the cable, and spaced apart from the PCB. The main body has a holding point contacting an external jig. A space into which the external jig is inserted is provided between the main body and the PCB.

A connection housing has a main pair and a secondary pair of electrical contacts on a printed circuit board (22), each pair having a first (24.sub.1, 24.sub.2) and a second (25.sub.1, 25.sub.2) electrical contact. A first set (26.sub.1) of conductive tracks electrically couples the first contacts of the main (23.sub.1) and secondary (23.sub.2) pairs, and a second set (26.sub.2) of tracks electrically couples the second contacts of the main and secondary pairs. The contacts of the main pair are two perforation or insulation displacement contacts receiving transversally and directly connecting two insulated conductors of a same main single-pair Ethernet cable (1a) entering and exiting from the housing through two main ways (27.sub.1, 27.sub.2) for access to the housing. The contacts of the secondary pair (23.sub.2) electrically connect two insulated conductors of a same secondary Ethernet cable (1b) linked through a secondary way (27.sub.3) for access to the housing.

A connection housing has a main pair and a secondary pair of electrical contacts on a printed circuit board (22), each pair having a first (24.sub.1, 24.sub.2) and a second (25.sub.1, 25.sub.2) electrical contact. A first set (26.sub.1) of conductive tracks electrically couples the first contacts of the main (23.sub.1) and secondary (23.sub.2) pairs, and a second set (26.sub.2) of tracks electrically couples the second contacts of the main and secondary pairs. The contacts of the main pair are two perforation or insulation displacement contacts receiving transversally and directly connecting two insulated conductors of a same main single-pair Ethernet cable (1a) entering and exiting from the housing through two main ways (27.sub.1, 27.sub.2) for access to the housing. The contacts of the secondary pair (23.sub.2) electrically connect two insulated conductors of a same secondary Ethernet cable (1b) linked through a secondary way (27.sub.3) for access to the housing.