Devices, systems, and methods for coupling electrical wiring

1. A system comprising:

a connector defining a plurality of cages, said plurality of cages defining a co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of screw-actuated clamps, each of said screw-actuated clamps disposed substantially within a corresponding one of said plurality of cages, each of said screw-actuated clamps adapted to receive a termination end of at least one of a plurality of wires via a corresponding cage opening, each of said screw-actuated clamps comprising an axially restrained screw, a movable clamping jaw coupled to each axially restrained screw, and a stationary clamping jaw opposingly disposed to said movable clamping jaw, wherein for said plurality of screw-actuated clamps, a corresponding plurality of screw heads are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of metallic pins disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said plurality of metallic pins configured to electrically couple said connector to a printed circuit board of a programmable logic controller.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a base of said connector comprises a plurality of standoffs configured to facilitate air flow adjacent to said printed circuit board.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

said printed circuit board.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

said programmable logic controller.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a termination end of each of said plurality of wires is insulation-free.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of each of said plurality of screw-actuated clamps is adapted to be moved with respect to a corresponding wire.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of a plurality of centerlines defined by a corresponding cage of said plurality of cages are approximately co-linear.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein all of a plurality of centerlines defined by a corresponding cage of said plurality of cages approximately define at least two lines.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of screw-actuated clamps are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for said plurality of screw-actuated clamps, a corresponding plurality of screw heads are disposed such that a centerline of said plurality of screw heads is approximately co-linear.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said screw-actuated clamps is adapted to releasably attach a corresponding wire of said plurality of wires.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of metallic pins is adapted to be received in a corresponding socket of said printed circuit board.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein said connector is releasably attachable to said printed circuit board.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein said connector is non-destructively releasably attachable to said printed circuit board.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said screw-actuated clamps is dimensioned to receive a termination end of a plurality of sizes of wires.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein when each termination end of each of said plurality of wires is disposed within said corresponding cage opening, a screw head associated with each of said screw-actuated clamps is freely accessible to a screwdriver.

17. A method comprising:

electrically coupling a plurality of wires to a printed circuit board of a programmable logic controller via a connector, said connector defining a plurality of cages, said plurality of cages defining a co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of screw-actuated clamps, each of said screw-actuated clamps disposed substantially within a corresponding one of said plurality of cages, each of said screw-actuated clamps adapted to receive a termination end of at least one of said plurality of wires via a corresponding cage opening, each of said screw-actuated clamps comprising an axially restrained screw, a movable clamping jaw coupled to each screw, and a stationary clamping jaw opposingly disposed to said movable clamping jaw, wherein for said plurality of screw-actuated clamps, a corresponding plurality of screw heads are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of metallic pins disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said plurality of metallic pins configured to electrically couple said connector to said printed circuit board of said programmable logic controller.

18. A device comprising:

a connector defining a plurality of cages, said plurality of cages defining a co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of screw-actuated clamps, each of said screw-actuated clamps disposed substantially within a corresponding one of said plurality of cages, each of said screw-actuated clamps adapted to receive a termination end of at least one of a plurality of wires via a corresponding cage opening, each of said screw-actuated clamps comprising an axially restrained screw, a movable clamping jaw coupled to each screw, and a stationary clamping jaw opposingly disposed to said movable clamping jaw, wherein for said plurality of screw-actuated clamps, a corresponding plurality of screw heads are disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said connector comprising a plurality of metallic pins disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relationship with respect to said co-planar plurality of cage openings, said plurality of metallic pins configured to electrically couple said connector to a printed circuit board of a programmable logic controller, said connector comprising a cap.