Modular jack assembly and contact array subassembly therefor having non-parallel intermediate contact and deflection restricting seat
US6290506A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S439/941
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enhanced modular jack assembly includes a contact array subassembly having a circuit board, a plurality of long and short contacts, an intermediate contact and a seat structure. The long and short contacts are attached to and extend forwardly from the circuit board and are arranged in pairs of the long and short contacts situated in spaced-apart substantially parallel front and back rows in which the long contacts of the back row are aligned with one another and the short contacts of the front row are aligned with one another but are offset relative to the long contacts of the back row. The intermediate contact is attached to and extends forwardly from the circuit board and has a length substantially the same as the length of the short contacts and a non-parallel orientation relative to the long and short contacts of the back and front rows. The seat structure is disposed upright between the circuit board and the intermediate and short contacts but only engages the intermediate contact so as to restrict deflection of a lower portion of the intermediate contact extending from the seat structure to the circuit board but allow deflection of an upper portion of the intermediate cont…
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