Modular connector with DC decoupling and filtering

US6302741A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Molex, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Fasold · Auenwald, DE
• Herbert Endres · Munich, DE
• Otto Schempp · Heilbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/719
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention discloses a modular jack type connector having a dielectric connector housing 11 and a plurality of contacts 1 to 8 and 1' to 8''arranged in the connector housing for contactingly engaging contacts of a mateable connector when said mateable connector is inserted in a receptacle 9, 10 defined by said connector housing. The modular jack type connector further comprises a subassembly T1, T2, 46, 48 and a dc separation of the contacts 1 to 8 and 1' to 8' from external terminals and comprises a filtering device CC1, CC2, 47, 49. An element 31, 32 which is substantially completely insertable into said connector housing 11 holds contacts 1 to 8 and 1' to 8' associated with the contacts of said mateable connector and said external terminals, and the insertable element 31, 32 accommodates both said subassembly for a dc separation T1, T2, 46, 48 and said filtering device CC1, CC2, 47, 49.