Jack module and jackfield
US4695117A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2107/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical jack module comprising a vertically stacked series of electrical jacks having respective housings provided with respective open-ended axial bores wherein an electrical jack plug may be inserted for interference engagement with a protruding portion of a moveable contact member biased resiliently into electrical engagement with a fixed contact member disposed in grooves in the longitudinal side surfaces of the housings. A pair of the fixed contact members comprise integral end portions of a pre-shaped shunt wire press-fitted into plurality of communicating grooves provided in aligned side surfaces of adjacent housings in the vertically stacked series. The moveable contact members are integrally connected through respective preshaped spring wires disposed in grooves in the sides surfaces of the housing to respective wire terminals protruding in a common array from a proximal supporting surface of the vertically stacked series of housings. The vertically stacked series of housings also has an opposing distal surfaces provided with a plurality of mutually spaced protrusions which constitute a restraining means for restricting movement of the electrical jack module.
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