Low-current female socket of the modular jack type
US6729914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S439/941
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A low-current female socket of the modular jack type comprises a series of eight aligned metal contacts, each of which having a tail and a contact part which extends in female entry mouth and which is adapted to make electrical contact with a metal contact of a plug. The central four metal contacts of the series are shorter contacts that follow a one-way path from their tail, with the contact parts thereof parallel to each other and oriented generally toward the front of the female entry mouth, and the two metal contacts at the ends are longer contacts that follow a path with portions in two opposite directions and whose contact parts are oriented generally toward the rear of the female entry mouth.
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