Patent ID: 11870190
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. An RJ jack comprising:
a jack housing;
an opening formed in the jack housing adapted to accept an RJ plug;
a latch catch formed on a first side within said opening of said jack housing to retain a latch of the RJ plug; and
eight contact terminals formed on a second side within said opening of said jack housing, each contact terminal formed to make electrical contact with a corresponding conductive blade of the RJ plug, wherein said plurality of contact terminals includes exactly two displaced contact terminals placed within the opening of said jack to always be the last two contact terminals of said eight contact terminals to make electric contact with the conductive blades of the RJ plug when the RJ plug is being withdrawn from the opening of said RJ jack, wherein at least one of said two displaced contact terminals is formed of a material which resists damage from sparks or arcs better than a different material used to form the remaining six contact terminals.