Patent · US Expired

Integral transmitter and modular jack assembly for a telephone set

US4636591A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

Gerd Kuhfus · London, CA
Charles R. S. Walker · London, CA
Anthony H. J. Robinson · King City, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 1985
Grant date	Jan 13, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/03
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integral transmitter and modular jack assembly for a telephone set has a hollow housing for the transmitter and the modular jack molded as one member connected by a web. In one form the axes of the housing transmitter and acoustic chamber at the front end of the transmitter are coaxial and normal to the surface of the handset. In another form, the axes of the housing and transmitter are coaxial, but are normal to the surface of the handset, with the axis of the acoustic chamber normal to the axis of the transmitter. Preferably a circuit pattern of lead frame form, has the spring contact members of the jack formed integral with the connecting leads to the transmitter and the connecting leads to the handset receiver.

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