201018028 六、發明說明： ’ 本申請案主張2007年11月16曰申請之本人的美國臨時專 利申請案第61/003,558號之優先權。 【先前技術】 ，在電話技術中，一牆壁插孔為一母連接器，且一標準公 類型連接器插入其中。因此，對於一家庭電話，電話機具 有一電線，在該電線端部上具有插入該牆壁之一公連接 器，亦即，插入先前安裝在該牆壁中的一母連接器。 ® 在通信技術中，由於電路必須處理的高數位資料速率， 對於該電路之每一精密部分必需為機械地或電地極精確。 現普遍的是使用八線纜線用於資料電路。可固定在一建築 物之牆壁内、在一電子裝置之外殼内、或在電話局主機之 一連接器塊内之一典型的母連接器，稱為一「乙太網路」 類型CAT X連接器塊（其中CAT X為任何8線連接器如： 5、CAT 6、CAT 7等等）。此為舊式電話牆壁插孔之一複雜 φ 型式。該CAT X具有一組八不同内部電導體。 為與一母CAT X連接器或其他類似連接器配合，使用一 RJ45類型公連接器。該RJ45連接器接收多達八線，該八線 經常來自一八線纜線。該RJ45具有一組八輸出終端，該 RJ45的進來線係内部地及分別地電連接至該組八輸出終 端田該RJ45插入一 CAT X時，該RJ45之此等輸出終端與 一 CAT X連接器之該八分離内部電導體配合。 2000年1月25日頒予的本人的美國專利第6,017,237號顯 139993.doc 201018028 示作為EZRJ45商業銷售的RJ45連接器之一改良類型，其 中EZRJ45 係 SULLSTAR Technology之一註冊商標。1999 年 8月3日頒予的本人的美國專利5,996,224描述及主張裝載此 連接器同時適當地檢查其進來線之該等顏色編碼的連接之 方法。該公連接器（RJ45)之接觸元件必須相對於該等接觸 元件自身外殼精確定位。 該CAT X連接器在該公RJ45插入的地點具有一前或開啟 母端部。該CAT X之此部分必須具有一固定的幾何組態， 使得該RJ45之該等輸出終端將與在該CAT X中相對應的電 導體正確地及精確地接合。因此當一經裝載的RJ45插入一 CAT X中時，該RJ45之輸出終端將與該CAT X連接器之相 對應内部電接觸件正確接合及配合。在該CAT X其他或後 端，該CAT X具有一電路板或面板類型結構，來自另一纜 線或其他電路之該等線可經連接至該電路板或面板類型結 構。在該CAT X之該後端上之該電路板可為該IDC或絕緣 移位連接器類型。該IDC類型電路板通常含有該等IDC連 接器之列及行。有時此等連接為一區域網路或LAN之一部 分。該CAT X必須為外部「裝載」；亦即，該CAT X的進來 電路必須在該CAT X之後面或後端經連接至在該電路板或 面板中之適當接觸構件。 在當前工業狀態下，電工或商人擁有一特殊工具以幫助 其把來自一纜線端部或其他電路之線連接入在該CAT X之 該電路板或面板中之該等正確位置。在市面上已知為用於 一「衝擊端接工具」的一「110刀片」之一線端部插入工 139993.doc 201018028 具可用於把進來線插入及連接入一CAT X連接器或其他類 似連接器之該IDC電路板中。 可大體上描述為一線端部插入工具之該110刀片具有一 平刀片端部抵著一單一絕緣線施壓用於迫使該線介於一端 接面板中之一絕緣移位類型連接器（IDC)之一對刀片之 間。該IDC之該等刀片將藉由切割穿過該絕緣材料及接著 刺入該金屬導體而在該絕緣線上關閉以產生一牢固電接 觸。除抵著一絕緣線施壓用於迫使該線介於一對IDC刀片 之間之該平刀片端部之外，該1 1 0刀片平端部亦具有當插 入該導體時部分包圍該等刀片之一U形開口。該線端部插 入工具可為「插入且無切割」類型或「插入且切割」類 i 在插入一線之後，該端接工具亦可經要求以切割該線 之該突出端部。 為切割一突出線端部，一線切割刀片係經安裝在該線插 入工具上並垂直於該線插入工具的平端部且延伸稍稍超出 該線插入刀片之该平端部。舉例而言在Fallandy的美國 專利第5,832,6()3號之圖8中及本人的美國專利第7,〇96 564 號之圖4及圖5中顯示此類型工具。為典型的此種類先前工 具之本人專利7,096 564中顯示的該工具具有一「只插 入」或「無切割」端部12及當一線待切割時使用的一「插 入且切割端部」16兩者。 在些例子中，一特別線係在一特別連接器為該連 板之—部分之—連接器面板端接。使用該工具之該 插入且切割端部」用於此-連接。在其他例子中，在作 139993.doc 201018028 出-連接之後’料體冑需要持續冑出該特別連接器面 板。使用該110線端部插入工具之該「無切割」工具用於 此一連接以把該導鱧簡單推入該對刀片。產生一接觸但無 線被切割。因此，該IDC連接器可表示一導體之一端部: 該端接，或其可為沿著用於一導體之該方向之簡單的—連 接點，該導體的二各自端部係在其他地點木連接及端接， 不管對於電話或資料電路皆然。 由製造商製成的一 CAT X之該外殼在其内部具有一組八 金屬板或接觸構件。該製造商製成該外殼（硬塑膝）及該等 金屬板並將此等板以其合適幾何關係安裝在該外殼内。後 來該外殼之該所需幾何形狀之一部分確保該安裝，當插入 一連接器（RJ45)之該公部分時，該公部分將裝配進入在該 CAT X外殼中之該母開口，且在該公連接器上之該等接觸 元件將與在該外殼中之該等母接觸元件正確接合。不管作 為一工廠操作或在現場完成，該CAT X之該連接器面板或 公端部亦具有必須連接至該CAT X之進來線。使用來自連 接至該CAT X的任何纜線之線外部「裝載」該cat X之此 工作’對於一商人或電工經常為一富有挑戰性的任務。 不管對於現場操作或對於工廠操作，需要在一單一操作 中把許多線端部裝載入一 CAT X。在Fallandy的專利第 5,758,403 號及 5,832，603 中及在 Karr asch 的專利第 7,103,968 號中已顯示用於此目的之特殊的工具頭。 由於該CAT X或類似連接器之該等電及機械部分為極 小’且在其機械連接及其電操作中之該所有精確等級為極 139993.doc -6 - 201018028 高，在時間及費用之合理限制之内完成準確及可靠電路已 經歷極大困難。 即使仍在商討該連接器的該母端部之該幾何組態之一工 業私準，近來放寬工業管制使得不同製造商可能擁有具有 該等CAT X連接器之該電路板或公端部之稍稍不同機械規 格。此使得不管作為一工廠操作或在現場完成，使用該連 接器進來線裝載該連接器面板之該任務更加困難。尤其對 於在現場工作，該商人或電工之該任務為更加困難因為 • 在外部裝載該連接器時，他或她可發現用於裝載該CAT X 連接器並在一特別工作使用之其特殊工具頭不可裝配，即 使其確實裝配在一先前工作上裝載的該等CAT χ連接器。 Fallandy的1998年6月2日頒予的專利第5,758,4〇3號顯示 一線插入工具，其可選擇性地經旋轉以一「無切割」模式 或一「插入並切割」模式操作。201018028 VI. INSTRUCTIONS: </ RTI> This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/003,558, filed on Nov. 16, 2007. [Prior Art] In the telephone technology, a wall jack is a female connector, and a standard male connector is inserted therein. Thus, for a home telephone, the telephone has a cord with a male connector inserted into the wall at the end of the cord, i.e., a female connector previously installed in the wall. ® In communication technology, each precision part of the circuit must be mechanically or electrically extremely accurate due to the high bit rate of data that the circuit must handle. It is now common to use eight cable lines for data circuits. A typical female connector that can be fixed in the wall of a building, in the casing of an electronic device, or in a connector block of a telephone host, called an "Ethernet" type CAT X connection Block (where CAT X is any 8-wire connector such as: 5, CAT 6, CAT 7, etc.). This is a complex φ type of old telephone wall jack. The CAT X has a set of eight different internal electrical conductors. To work with a female CAT X connector or other similar connector, an RJ45 type male connector is used. The RJ45 connector accepts up to eight lines, which are often from one-eight cable lines. The RJ45 has a set of eight output terminals, and the incoming lines of the RJ45 are internally and separately electrically connected to the set of eight output terminals. When the RJ45 is inserted into a CAT X, the output terminals of the RJ45 and a CAT X connector The eight separate internal electrical conductors are mated. U.S. Patent No. 6,017,237 issued Jan. 25, 2000 to 139993.doc 201018028 shows an improved type of RJ45 connector commercially available as EZRJ45, one of which is a registered trademark of EZRJ45, a SULLSTAR Technology. U.S. Patent No. 5,996,224, issued to Aug. The contact elements of the male connector (RJ45) must be accurately positioned relative to the outer casing of the contact elements themselves. The CAT X connector has a front or open female end at the location where the male RJ 45 is inserted. This portion of the CAT X must have a fixed geometric configuration such that the output terminals of the RJ 45 will engage correctly and accurately with the corresponding electrical conductors in the CAT X. Therefore, when a loaded RJ45 is inserted into a CAT X, the output terminal of the RJ 45 will properly engage and mate with the corresponding internal electrical contacts of the CAT X connector. At the other or rear end of the CAT X, the CAT X has a circuit board or panel type structure from which the other cable or other circuitry can be connected to the circuit board or panel type structure. The board on the back end of the CAT X can be of the IDC or insulated shift connector type. The IDC type circuit board typically contains the columns and rows of the IDC connectors. Sometimes these connections are part of a local area network or LAN. The CAT X must be externally "loaded"; that is, the CAT X incoming circuit must be connected to the appropriate contact member in the board or panel after the CAT X. In the current state of the art, an electrician or merchant has a special tool to help it connect wires from a cable end or other circuit to the correct location in the board or panel of the CAT X. One of the "110 Blades" known as a "Impact Termination Tool" is a line end inserter 139993.doc 201018028 can be used to insert and connect incoming cables into a CAT X connector or other similar connection The IDC board in the device. The 110 blade, which may be generally described as a line end insertion tool, has a flat blade end pressed against a single insulated wire for forcing the wire to be interposed between one of the end panels of an insulated displacement type connector (IDC) Between a pair of blades. The blades of the IDC will be closed on the insulated wire by cutting through the insulating material and then piercing the metal conductor to create a secure electrical contact. In addition to pressing against an insulated wire for forcing the wire to be between the ends of the flat blade between a pair of IDC blades, the flat end of the 110 blade also has a portion that partially encloses the blade when the conductor is inserted A U-shaped opening. The wire end insertion tool can be of the "insert and no cut" type or the "insert and cut" type i. After inserting a wire, the terminating tool can also be required to cut the protruding end of the wire. To cut a projecting wire end, a wire cutting blade is mounted on the wire insertion tool and perpendicular to the flat end of the wire insertion tool and extends slightly beyond the flat end of the wire insertion blade. This type of tool is shown, for example, in Figure 8 of the U.S. Patent No. 5,832,6, filed on Jan. 5, and in the U.S. Patent No. 7, pp. The tool shown in the prior art of the prior art of this type of prior art, 7,096,564, has an "inserted only" or "no cut" end 12 and an "insertion and cutting end" 16 that is used when a line is to be cut. . In some instances, a special line is terminated by a connector panel that is part of the connector. The insert and cut end portion of the tool is used for this connection. In other examples, after the 139993.doc 201018028 is out-connected, the material body needs to continue to pull out the special connector panel. The "no cut" tool using the 110 line end insertion tool is used for this connection to simply push the guide into the pair of blades. A contact is produced but the line is cut. Thus, the IDC connector can represent one end of a conductor: the termination, or it can be a simple connection point along the direction for a conductor, the two respective ends of the conductor being tied to other locations Connection and termination, whether for telephone or data circuits. The outer casing of a CAT X made by the manufacturer has a set of eight metal plates or contact members inside. The manufacturer manufactures the outer casing (hardened knee) and the metal plates and mounts the plates in the outer casing in their proper geometric relationship. This portion of the desired geometry of the outer casing then ensures the installation, and when inserted into the male portion of a connector (RJ45), the male portion will fit into the female opening in the CAT X housing, and The contact elements on the connector will be properly engaged with the female contact elements in the housing. Whether as a factory operation or on site, the CAT X connector panel or male end also has an incoming line that must be connected to the CAT X. It is often a challenging task for a businessman or electrician to "load" the cat X outside of the line from any cable connected to the CAT X. Whether for field operations or for factory operations, many wire ends need to be loaded into a CAT X in a single operation. A special tool head for this purpose has been shown in the patents Nos. 5,758,403 and 5,832,603 to the name of the same. Since the electrical and mechanical parts of the CAT X or similar connector are extremely small and all of the precision levels in the mechanical connection and its electrical operation are extremely high, 139993.doc -6 - 201018028, reasonable in time and expense It has been extremely difficult to complete accurate and reliable circuits within limits. Even though one of the geometric configurations of the female end of the connector is still being discussed, the recent industrial regulations have been relaxed so that different manufacturers may have a slightly smaller portion of the board or male end with the CAT X connectors. Different mechanical specifications. This makes the task of loading the connector panel using the connector incoming line more difficult, whether operating as a factory or on site. Especially for working in the field, the task of the merchant or electrician is more difficult because • when loading the connector externally, he or she can find its special tool head for loading the CAT X connector and using it in a special job. Not assemblable, even if it does fit the CAT χ connectors loaded on a previous job. Patent No. 5,758,4,3, issued June 2, 1998 to Fallandy, shows a one-line insertion tool that can be selectively rotated to operate in a "no cut" mode or an "insert and cut" mode.
Fallandy的1998年11月10日頒予的專利第5 832 6〇3號顯 示用於多個線插入工具之一工具頭，其可打線及切割在一 「成群」佈置中之多個線。Patent No. 5 832 6 〇 3, issued November 10, 1998 to Fallandy, shows a tool head for a plurality of wire insertion tools that can wire and cut multiple wires in a "cluster" arrangement.
Alexander與Fallandy的2006年7月11日頒予的專利第 7,〇73,245號顯示一刀片頭或工具頭3〇，其中支撐複數個線 插入刀片60。工具頭30移動朝向一IDC連接器面板導致該 等多個線插入刀片60把相對應絕緣導體插入一連接器面板 之相對應IDC連接器。線插入刀片62相對於刀片頭載體7〇 具有固定位置。Patent No. 7, 〇 73, 245, issued to Alexander, issued Jul. 11, 2006, shows a blade or tool head 3, in which a plurality of wires are inserted into the blade 60. Movement of the tool head 30 toward an IDC connector panel causes the plurality of wire insertion blades 60 to insert corresponding insulated conductors into corresponding IDC connectors of a connector panel. The wire insertion blade 62 has a fixed position with respect to the blade head carrier 7A.
Karrasch的2006年9月12日頒予的專利第71〇3 968號顯 139993.doc 201018028 示由複數個線組成的一纜線6，該等線係經由纜線管理器2 待端接進入在連接器8中之接觸件之絕緣移位槽。在已剝 去圍繞該纜線之絕緣之後，在該纜線管理器2中之槽40、 42把纜線6之該等個別線固持在其分離製備的位置，且顏 色編碼有助於一操作員確保每一線之該位置為正確。纜線 管理器2(其亦可被描述為一工具頭）亦具有以對於該纜線管 理器2固定幾何關係安裝在其中的多個線插入刀片44、 46。該纜線管理器或工具頭係經推入與連接器8接合以端 接該等線進入連接器8之其正確的IDC連接器。若此發生， 預備固持在該工具頭2之槽40、42的每一線係經推入在連 接器8的該等IDC之一者中之該適當槽（在該Karrasch專利中 未個別編號）。 根據Alexander及Karrasch兩者，一工具頭以相互固定位 置接合一連接器面板^ 在先前技術中已知該CAT X類型連接器具有一母端部， 其接收一 RJ45公連接器以及使用來自一缓線之線待裝載的 一連接器面板端部。該CAT X之該連接器面板端部具有固 定實體組態之一底座或外殼，其在相對於該連接器面板固 定幾何位置支撐複數個個別IDC連接器。該等個別mc連 接器之每一者自該纜線接收一個別絕緣導體或線。來自該 纜線之每一絕緣線係在該相關聯的個別iDc連接器尹端 接。此借助一特別載具（亦即，一線插入刀片，亦已知為 一線端接刀片）完成。在該端接步驟中，複數個該等線端 接刀片僅與該工具頭使用，但在該線端接完成之後，該等 I39993.doc m 8 - 201018028 線端接刀片及該工具頭均不成為該剩餘總成之一部分。 承載該等線插入刀片之一工具頭亦具有一固定機械或實 體組態。在該先前技術中，已知對於該工具頭及該連接器 面板端部每一者具有固定實體組態之一底座或外殼，使得 該工具頭可以一相互預定幾何關係經迫使進入與該CAT χ 之一配合接合。如在該等Fallandy的專利第5 758 4〇3及 5,832,603中及在該Karrasch專利第7，103,968號中顯示，在 此項技術中已知提供以一預定幾何關係與一 CAT χ外殼配 合之一工具頭外殼。 在該先前技術中，該等線插入刀片已以相對於該支撐工 具頭固定位置經安裝在該支撐工具頭中。因此，在該先前 技術中，當該工具頭係經迫使進入與該CAT χ之該連接器 面板端部之配合接合時，該等線插入刀片係以固定幾何關 係經迫使進入與由該連接器面板承載的該等1]〇(：連接器之 此關係。 不管對於現場操作或工廠操作，需要在一單一操作中裝 載來自一纜線之許多線端部進入一 CAT χ。用於該CAT χ 連接器的該母端部之該幾何組態之工業標準通常仍係在整 個該工業中相符。但這對於該CAT X之該IDC連接器面板 端邛則不然。近來放寬管制已容許一些製造商現具有該等 CAT X連接器之該電路板端部之不同機械規格。此使得使 用進來線裝載該連接器面板之該任務更加困難。在現場工 作之商人或電工在一特別工作上之外部裝載該等連接器 時，可發現他的或她的工具頭不可裝配在此工作上使用的 139993.doc 201018028 該等CAT X連接器。該工Patent No. 71,3,968 issued to Karrasch on September 12, 2006 139993.doc 201018028 shows a cable 6 consisting of a plurality of wires that are to be terminated via the cable manager 2 An insulating displacement groove of the contact in the connector 8. After the insulation surrounding the cable has been stripped, the slots 40, 42 in the cable manager 2 hold the individual wires of the cable 6 in their separately prepared positions, and color coding facilitates an operation. Make sure that the position of each line is correct. The cable manager 2 (which may also be described as a tool head) also has a plurality of wire insertion blades 44, 46 mounted therein in a fixed geometric relationship to the cable manager 2. The cable manager or tool head is pushed into engagement with the connector 8 to terminate the line into the correct IDC connector of the connector 8. If so, each line of the slots 40, 42 that are intended to be held in the tool head 2 is pushed into the appropriate slot in one of the IDCs of the connector 8 (not individually numbered in the Karrasch patent). According to both Alexander and Karrasch, a tool head engages a connector panel in a fixed position to each other. It is known in the prior art that the CAT X type connector has a female end that receives an RJ45 male connector and uses a slow line. The end of a connector panel to be loaded. The connector panel end of the CAT X has a base or housing of a fixed physical configuration that supports a plurality of individual IDC connectors in a fixed geometric position relative to the connector panel. Each of the individual mc connectors receives an otherwise insulated conductor or wire from the cable. Each insulated wire from the cable is terminated at the associated individual iDc connector. This is accomplished by means of a special carrier (i.e., a wire insertion blade, also known as a wire termination blade). In the termination step, a plurality of the line termination blades are only used with the tool head, but after the line termination is completed, the I39993.doc m 8 - 201018028 line termination blade and the tool head are not Become part of the remaining assembly. The tool head carrying one of the wire insertion blades also has a fixed mechanical or physical configuration. In this prior art, it is known that each of the tool head and the connector panel end has a fixed body configuration of a base or housing such that the tool head can be forced into the CAT with a predetermined geometric relationship to each other. One of the mating joints. It is known in the art to provide one of a predetermined geometric relationship with a CAT χ housing as shown in the art, as disclosed in the above-mentioned, the singularity of the singularity of the singularity of the singularity of the singularity of the singularity of the singularity of the present invention. Tool head housing. In this prior art, the wire insertion blades have been mounted in the support tool head in a fixed position relative to the support tool head. Thus, in the prior art, when the tool head is forced into engagement with the end of the connector panel of the CAT, the wire insertion blade is forced into and out of the connector in a fixed geometric relationship. The 1]〇 (: connector relationship carried by the panel. Regardless of the field operation or factory operation, it is necessary to load a plurality of line ends from one cable into a CAT in a single operation. For the CAT χ The industry standard for this geometrical configuration of the female end of the connector is usually still consistent throughout the industry. However, this IDC connector panel end of the CAT X is not. Recently, the deregulation has allowed some manufacturers. There are now different mechanical specifications for the end of the board of the CAT X connectors. This makes the task of loading the connector panel with incoming wires more difficult. The merchant or electrician working in the field is externally loaded on a special job. When such connectors are used, it can be found that his or her tool heads cannot be assembled for use in this work 139993.doc 201018028 These CAT X connectors.
載的該等CAT X連接工作上裝 X連接器。 ° —在此工作上不可裝配該等CAT 該專連接器..之精確地正確配人> & i ,, 雒配合之缺乏必然將降低作出的 ^ 赞生二極不便問題種類時，該安裝 之該降低的品質可立即以一 個或多個方式顯現，或其僅可 極後來顯現。 最佳化配合之缺乏可由= 』由—不冋因素之一者或多者引起。 首先，該等線插入刀片之县疮,+ β 長度（亦即，該等線插入刀片自 2工具頭之該外殼突出的距離）可為太長或太短。此將指 =方向。其次，該等線播入刀片之該等位置在垂直於該 等絕緣導體之該耸餅 n 等縱軸之一方向可為「無規格」。此係指 作在側向或Υ方向之一差異。 第二，該等刀片在平行於該 等導體線之該等縱軸之一 方向了為無規格」。此將指作 在X方向之~差異。 使用當前製造的卫具頭之經歷已顯示將該等線插入刀片 之該長度（在該Ζ方向）與該CAT χ連接器之該連接器面板之 深度配合之極少問題。然而，在該等X及Υ方向之變化為These CAT X connections are loaded with the X connector. °—The CAT should not be equipped for this work. The precise and correct matching of the CAT && i,, 雒, the lack of cooperation will inevitably reduce the kind of problem The reduced quality of the installation can be immediately manifested in one or more ways, or it can only appear very later. The lack of optimal coordination can be caused by one or more of the factors. First, the lines are inserted into the blade of the blade, and the length of the + β (i.e., the distance the wire is inserted into the blade from the housing of the 2 tool head) can be too long or too short. This will mean the = direction. Secondly, the positions of the inline broadcast blades may be "no specification" in the direction perpendicular to one of the longitudinal axes of the insulating conductors. This refers to one of the differences in the lateral or squatting direction. Second, the blades are of a non-standard orientation in one of the longitudinal axes parallel to the conductor lines. This will be referred to as the difference in the X direction. Experience with currently manufactured heads has shown that the length of insertion of the wires into the blade (in the Ζ direction) is very less problematic with the depth of the connector panel of the CAT® connector. However, the change in the X and Υ directions is
可觀。在該工具頭外殼内之線插人刀片之該等位置在該X f該Υ方向，或兩者可為無規格。因此，本發明之目的係 β 、萬用工具頭’其線插入刀片可係在該X方向或該γ 方向’或兩者經調整，以便最佳化容納在一特別安裝中使 用的任何CAT X連接器。 【發明内容】 I39993.doc 201018028 根據本發明’在一工具頭與一連接器面板以相互固定位 置接合以端接在該連接器面板之相對應IDC中之纜線之 前’由該工具頭承載的線插入刀片係視需要而相對於該工 具頭調整並鎖定在適當位置以將該等線插入刀片相對於該 連接器之該等IDC來予以正確定位，以使該等相對應線接 著通過該等位置而被端接。 【實施方式】 在圖1A、圖1B及圖1C中，本發明之新穎方法係藝術地 繪示為施加於在一連接器1〇中用於一 CAT χ類型纜線之一 單一絕緣導體18之安裝。在圖2中示意性顯示，一個別⑴匸 連接器12係一連接器面板14之一部分，其用於附接至一 CAT X類型乙太網路纜線之一纜線丨7。該個別IDc連接器 12具有一對習知刀子13。在一些例子中，該導體以可被同 時端接及端接’同時多餘的線接著藉由使用一「切割刀 片」而自該導體18端部切下。在其他例子中，該導體將使 用一「無切割」刀片在沿著該導體長度之一中間點經安裝 或端接。使用-「無切割」安裝’接著電流容許在或者兩 方向自該端接點流動。 圖1A顯示該IDC連接器12上方具有指示向下的其刀子 13。導體18已以-合適居中位置放置在該連接器12下方並 經平衡以向上推入該連接器，其中為了作出一牢固的電接 觸’該等刀子Π將刺穿該絕緣。為了向上推動該導體砸 it入與該肌連接器之接合，具有曝露於視線的該線插入 工具或刀片30的縱向側邊緣39之—線播人卫具或刀片則系 139993.doc _11· 201018028 在該導體18下方經平衡。該等刀片端部36具有將跨越該等 刀子U之-中心凹口（圖2)。然而nA所示的該線插 入工具係經定位至一正確位置之稍微左邊。根據本發明之 該新穎方法，圖1B顯示工具30之該位置已經調整至稍微右 邊，其中工具30之該平線插入刀片端部36接著係在該線之 該縱轴平面中之該線18下方以及該IDC 12下方兩者合適地 居中。此為在垂直於該等絕緣導體的該等縱軸以及垂直於 刀片端部36的該平面之一側向或γ方向之一側向調整。圖 1C顯示該工具30已經向上迫使，同時其線插入刀片端部％ 已驅動該線18進入在IDC 12之該等刀片13中之合適端接， 已在任何不適當方向強加除了任何機械應力之所有應力。 儘管未在圖1中顯示，工具30之該等位置亦可在該χ方向調 整。 圖2示意性繪示在該類型系統中施加本發明之該類型系 統。用於纜線17之一 CAT X連接器1〇具有一母端部部分 Π ’以及其中纜線17之個別絕緣導體或線18待端接之一 IDC面板端部部分14。每一導體包含由絕緣材料覆蓋的一 線。為了提供電連續給纜線17之該等線，一習知公類型 RJ45連接器15將配合地接合連接器1〇之該母端部部分η。 該RJ45連接器可選擇性為如上涉指本人的EzRj45專利的 類型。個別導體18首先將經定位用於插入該IDC面板14之 相對應IDC連接器12。為了迫使作為一群組之此等導體進 入面板14之各自相對應IDC連接器12，一工具頭總成20支 撐將進入與該等導體〗8之接合之複數個線插入工具30。根 139993.doc -12- 201018028 據本發明’ 一些或所有該等線插入工具30係可調整地配置 在該總成20中’使得其可經精確地調整以與面板14之該等 相對應連接器配合。在該工具頭總成係經迫使進入與該連 接器面板14之配合接合之前，該等線插入工具30在該Y方 向、或在該X方向、或兩者可以由圖1A、圖1B及圖1C繪示 的該方式調整。 根據本發明之工具頭總成20之一第一實施例包含一盒狀 的外殼22、一對平行側壁24、一對平行端壁26及一底部壁 27。長形槽28形成於端壁26中且相互平行延伸並至該底部 壁27。一對長形桿4〇在該箱子22内側以相互及對於底部壁 27之該平面大體上平行關係縱向延伸。桿4〇之該等端部u 突出穿過在該端壁26中之該等槽28，且由在該端壁外側之 各自螺紋螺帽44固定。四線插入工具或刀片3〇在該等桿4〇 之每一者上以相對於該箱子側向及縱向兩者可調整的位置 支撐母工具30具有一後端32及一前面線插入端部36。 每一線插入工具30具有一孔38，該孔38至該線插入工具 30的後端32近於至該線插入工具3〇的長度之中點，且該相 關聯的桿40以支撐關係穿過該孔38。該等工具之該等位置 可在垂直於該等絕緣導體18之該等縱軸之該γ方向調整。 為在垂直於導體18之該等縱軸之該γ方向調整該等工具3〇 之該等位置，該等工具30可經製成以沿著該支撐桿4〇滑 動。其位置亦可在平行於該等導體線之該等縱軸之該又方 向調整。在本發明之該萬用工具頭總成中，該等線插入刀 片之該等位置可在該X方向、或該γ方向、或兩者調整， 139993.doc • 13- 201018028 、更最佳化奋納在一特別安裝中使用的任何CAT χ連接 器。為在平行於導體18之該等縱軸之該χ方向調整該等工 具30之該等位置，該等桿4〇可經製成以在該等長形槽μ令 側向'月動’且接著由螺帽44固定。 因此，一般而言，用於把複數個絕緣導體18插入連接器 面板14之各自IDC連接器之該工具頭總成20包含具有一底 座板或底部壁27之-盒狀外殼22。平行端壁％自該底座板 垂直向上延伸，且亦垂直於平行側壁24。該箱子Μ之該等 端壁26具有在平行於該底座27之-方向延長用於支揮該等 支撐桿40之該等端部之對齊的開口或槽28。有用於每一列 工具30之一分離支撐桿4〇。在該等端壁26外側放置的一對 螺紋螺帽44以可側向調整的一位置在該γ方向固定桿邮之 該等端部。在每-列工具中之該四線插入工具3〇係由延伸 穿過該等工具3G的對齊孔或開σ38之—相對應桿切支撐。 每一線插入工具30亦具有一後面或底端32，其以一與底部 壁27之該上表面形成可滑動關係而安置在底部壁U之該上 表面上。 工具30在該γ方向之該位置可由該支撐桿4〇之縱向滑動 調整。向内穿過在該等側壁24中之該等長形槽29之固定螺 釘41係用於在適當位置固定該等個別工具。每—固定螺釘 41接合在該相對應工具30之該側邊緣中之一螺紋開口。工 具30之側邊緣39具有將接收並由因此亦將間接接合桿之 一固定螺釘接合的一螺紋開口 37。每一固定螺釘:經個 別收緊以固定工具3 0之該Y位置。 139993.doc •14- 201018028 如圖6所示，本發明之該第二實施例之不同處在於用於 在該等支撐桿40上之縱向調整之其位置中固定該等工具3〇 之機構。部分突出穿過該等侧壁24之每一者之長形槽29之 一壓力板50幾何地擷取並摩擦地接合工具3〇之該等侧邊緣 39以在該等侧邊緣39經調整的位置固持該等側邊緣”。每 一壓力板接著係由接合在該侧壁24中並鄰近於槽29的該等 端部之螺紋開口 51之一對螺紋螺栓52固持在適當位置。在 該第二實施例中，該底部壁27亦製成可附接至該等側壁之 _ 一分離板。 如另一及替換實施例，亦如圖6所示，一指狀壓力板53 係經製成具有在固定位置之指狀物或凹口以配合工具之 用於一特別商標或型號之該所需間距之一 IDC連接器面 板，因此可不需要經由一技術員之現場調整便可精確獲得 該專工具30相對於桿40之該等幾何正確位置。 該等工具30之該合適對齊可藉由留有所有該等調整機構 寬鬆及把該工具頭總成與一連接器面板（但無任何線）配合 而完成。接著在使用該工具頭總成以迫使一組線進入該連 接器面板之前’該等調整機構係經鎖定在適當位置。 本發明之範圍係僅根據附屬技術方案所認定。 【圖式簡單說明】 圖1A '圖1B及圖1C係本發明的該新穎方法當應用於在 一 IDC連接器中的一單一絕緣導體的端接之之一技藝性繪 示； 圖2係其中可使用本發明的該新穎方法之裝置的一系統 139993.doc -15· 201018028 之一示意圖； 圖3係根據本發明的一第一實施例之一工具頭總成之一 透視及展開圖； 圖4係如根據本發明之—第—實施例裝配之—透視圖； 圖5顯示根據本發明之一第一實施例之該經裝配的裝置 之該等俯視、仰視及側視圖； 圖6係本發明之該第二及第三實施例之一透視及展開 圖； 圖7係如本發明之該第二實施例裝配之一透視圖；及 圖8顯示本發明的該第二實施例之該經裝配的裝置之該 等俯視、仰視及側視圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 10 連接器 11 母端部 12 個別IDC 13 刀子 14 IDC面板 15 RJ45 17 CAT X纜線 18 絕緣導體 20 工具頭總成 22 盒狀外殼 24 側壁 26 端壁 139993.doc - 16- 201018028considerable. The positions of the wire inserting blades in the tool head housing are in the X direction, or both may be non-standard. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a beta, universal tool head whose line insertion blade can be adjusted in the X direction or the gamma direction or both to optimize accommodation for any CAT X used in a particular installation. Connector. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION I39993.doc 201018028 According to the present invention 'before a tool head and a connector panel are joined to each other in a fixed position to terminate a cable in a corresponding IDC of the connector panel' The wire insertion blade is adjusted and locked in position relative to the tool head as needed to properly position the wire into the blade relative to the IDC of the connector such that the corresponding lines then pass through the line The location is terminated. [Embodiment] In FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C, the novel method of the present invention is artistically illustrated as being applied to a single insulated conductor 18 of a CAT χ type cable in a connector 1A. installation. As shown schematically in Figure 2, an additional (1) connector 12 is part of a connector panel 14 for attachment to a cable 丨 7 of a CAT X type Ethernet cable. The individual IDc connector 12 has a pair of conventional knives 13. In some examples, the conductor can be terminated and terminated at the same time while the excess line is then cut from the end of the conductor 18 by using a "cutting blade." In other examples, the conductor will be mounted or terminated at an intermediate point along one of the lengths of the conductor using a "no cut" blade. Use - "no cut" to install 'and then the current is allowed to flow from the terminating junction in either or both directions. Figure 1A shows the knife 13 with the indication downwards above the IDC connector 12. The conductor 18 has been placed under the connector 12 in a suitably centered position and balanced to push up into the connector, wherein the blades will pierce the insulation for a strong electrical contact. In order to push the conductor into engagement with the muscle connector, the wire insertion tool or the longitudinal side edge 39 of the blade 30 that is exposed to the line of sight - the tweezer or blade is 139993.doc _11· 201018028 It is balanced below the conductor 18. The blade ends 36 have a central recess that will span the knives U (Fig. 2). However, the line insertion tool shown by nA is positioned to the left of a correct position. In accordance with the novel method of the present invention, Figure 1B shows that the position of the tool 30 has been adjusted to a slightly right side, wherein the flat line of the tool 30 is inserted into the blade end 36 and is then tied below the line 18 in the longitudinal axis plane of the line. And both of the IDC 12 are properly centered. This is laterally adjusted in one of the lateral or gamma directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the insulated conductors and to one of the planes perpendicular to the blade ends 36. Figure 1C shows that the tool 30 has been forced upwards while its wire insertion blade end % has driven the wire 18 into the appropriate terminations in the blades 13 of the IDC 12, having imposed any mechanical stress in any undue direction. All stresses. Although not shown in Figure 1, the positions of the tool 30 can also be adjusted in the χ direction. Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the type of system to which the present invention is applied in this type of system. One of the cables 17 for the CAT X connector 1 has a female end portion Π ' and an individual insulated conductor or cable 18 of the cable 17 to be terminated with one of the IDC panel end portions 14. Each conductor contains a wire covered by an insulating material. In order to provide the wires of the electrical continuous feed cable 17, a conventional male type RJ45 connector 15 will matingly engage the female end portion η of the connector 1'''''''' The RJ45 connector can be selectively selected as described above for the EzRj45 patent. The individual conductors 18 will first be positioned for insertion into the corresponding IDC connector 12 of the IDC panel 14. In order to force such conductors as a group into the respective IDC connectors 12 of the panel 14, a tool head assembly 20 support will enter a plurality of wire insertion tools 30 engaged with the conductors 8. Root 139993.doc -12- 201018028 According to the invention 'some or all of the line insertion tools 30 are adjustably arranged in the assembly 20' such that they can be precisely adjusted to correspond to the corresponding ones of the panels 14 Match. Before the tool head assembly is forced into engagement with the connector panel 14, the line insertion tool 30 can be in the Y direction, or in the X direction, or both can be illustrated by Figures 1A, 1B, and This mode is shown in 1C. A first embodiment of a tool head assembly 20 in accordance with the present invention includes a box-like outer casing 22, a pair of parallel side walls 24, a pair of parallel end walls 26 and a bottom wall 27. Elongate slots 28 are formed in the end wall 26 and extend parallel to each other and to the bottom wall 27. A pair of elongated rods 4 are longitudinally extending inside the box 22 in a generally parallel relationship to each other and to the plane of the bottom wall 27. The ends u of the rods 4 project through the slots 28 in the end wall 26 and are secured by respective threaded nuts 44 on the outside of the end walls. A four-wire insertion tool or blade 3 is supported on each of the rods 4 in a position adjustable relative to both the lateral and longitudinal directions of the box. The parent tool 30 has a rear end 32 and a front thread insertion end. 36. Each wire insertion tool 30 has a hole 38 to the rear end 32 of the wire insertion tool 30 that is near the midpoint of the length of the wire insertion tool 3〇, and the associated rod 40 passes through the support relationship The hole 38. The positions of the tools can be adjusted in the gamma direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the insulated conductors 18. To adjust the positions of the tools 3'' in the gamma direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the conductors 18, the tools 30 can be made to slide along the support bar 4''. The position can also be adjusted in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axes of the conductor lines. In the universal tool head assembly of the present invention, the positions of the line insertion blades can be adjusted in the X direction, or the γ direction, or both, 139993.doc • 13-201018028, more optimized Fenner Any CAT χ connector used in a special installation. In order to adjust the positions of the tools 30 in the 平行 direction parallel to the longitudinal axes of the conductors 18, the rods 4〇 can be made to be laterally 'mooned' in the elongated slots It is then fixed by a nut 44. Thus, in general, the tool head assembly 20 for inserting a plurality of insulated conductors 18 into the respective IDC connectors of the connector panel 14 includes a box-like housing 22 having a bottom or bottom wall 27. The parallel end walls % extend vertically upward from the base plate and are also perpendicular to the parallel side walls 24. The end walls 26 of the box have openings or slots 28 extending in a direction parallel to the base 27 for supporting the ends of the support bars 40. There is a separate support bar 4〇 for each of the columns of tools 30. A pair of threaded nuts 44 placed outside the end walls 26 secure the ends of the poles in the gamma direction at a position that is laterally adjustable. The four-wire insertion tool 3 in the per-column tool is supported by an alignment hole or σ 38 extending through the tool 3G. Each of the wire insertion tools 30 also has a rear or bottom end 32 that is disposed on the upper surface of the bottom wall U in a slidable relationship with the upper surface of the bottom wall 27. The position of the tool 30 in the gamma direction can be adjusted by the longitudinal sliding of the support rod 4〇. The fixing screws 41 that pass inwardly through the elongate slots 29 in the side walls 24 are used to secure the individual tools in place. Each of the fixing screws 41 engages one of the threaded openings in the side edge of the corresponding tool 30. The side edge 39 of the tool 30 has a threaded opening 37 that will receive and be engaged by a set screw that will also indirectly engage the rod. Each fixing screw: is tightened individually to fix the Y position of the tool 30. 139993.doc • 14- 201018028 As shown in Fig. 6, the second embodiment of the present invention differs in the mechanism for securing the tools 3 in their longitudinal adjustment positions on the support bars 40. A pressure plate 50, partially projecting through each of the elongate slots 29 of each of the side walls 24, geometrically picks up and frictionally engages the side edges 39 of the tool 3 to be adjusted at the side edges 39 Positioning the side edges". Each pressure plate is then held in place by one of the threaded openings 51 engaged in the side wall 24 adjacent the ends of the slot 29. In the second embodiment, the bottom wall 27 is also formed as a separating plate attachable to the side walls. As another and alternative embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6, a finger pressure plate 53 is formed. An IDC connector panel having a finger or recess in a fixed position to fit the tool for a particular trade mark or model of the desired spacing, so that the tool can be accurately obtained without the need for field adjustment by a technician The geometrically correct position relative to the rod 40. The proper alignment of the tools 30 can be achieved by leaving all of the adjustment mechanisms loose and fitting the tool head assembly to a connector panel (but without any wires). And finished. Then use the tool head assembly The adjustment mechanism is locked in place before forcing a set of wires into the connector panel. The scope of the present invention is only determined according to the related technical solutions. [Simplified Schematic] FIG. 1A 'FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C The novel method of the present invention is applied to one of the terminations of a single insulated conductor in an IDC connector; Figure 2 is a system 139993 in which the apparatus of the novel method of the present invention can be used. Doc -15· 201018028 A schematic view; FIG. 3 is a perspective and unfolded view of a tool head assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is assembled according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 shows the top, bottom and side views of the assembled device in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 is a perspective and unfolded view of the second and third embodiments of the present invention Figure 7 is a perspective view of the assembly of the second embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 8 shows the top, bottom and side views of the assembled device of the second embodiment of the present invention. Component symbol description 】 10 Connector 11 Female end 12 Individual IDC 13 Knife 14 IDC panel 15 RJ45 17 CAT X cable 18 Insulated conductor 20 Tool head assembly 22 Box-shaped housing 24 Side wall 26 End wall 139993.doc - 16- 201018028
27 底部壁 28 長形槽 29 開口 30 線插入工具或刀片 32 後端 34 前面端部 36 平端部 37 螺紋孔 38 桿插入孔 39 側邊緣 40 桿 41 固定螺釘 42 桿端部 44 螺紋螺帽 50 壓力板 51 螺紋開口 52 螺紋螺栓 53 指狀或凹口壓力板 139993.doc -17-27 Bottom wall 28 Long slot 29 Opening 30 Wire insertion tool or blade 32 Rear end 34 Front end 36 Flat end 37 Tapped hole 38 Rod insertion hole 39 Side edge 40 Rod 41 Fixing screw 42 Rod end 44 Threaded nut 50 Pressure Plate 51 Threaded opening 52 Threaded bolt 53 Finger or notched pressure plate 139993.doc -17-