Patent · US Expired

Panel mounted modular jack terminated to a circuit board

US7059915B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 2005
Grant dateJun 13, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/743
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modular jack is mountable in a panel and to a circuit board. The modular jack includes a non-conductive housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. The front end has a receptacle for receiving a mating jack plug. The rear end has a slot for receiving an edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted in the housing and have contact portions projecting into the receptacle for engaging contacts on the mating jack plug. The terminals have tail portions exposed at the slot for engaging circuit traces on the printed circuit board. Interengaging retaining components are provided between the housing and the panel to hold the modular jack in an opening in the panel.

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