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

Claim 0:
1. 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
a plurality of contact terminals formed for signal transmission 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 at least two primary contact terminals which have first engagement portions positioned at least a first distance from a plane of said opening, wherein said first engagement portions of said at least two primary contact terminals are the last portions of said at least two primary contact terminals to make electrical contact with corresponding blades of the RJ plug upon removal of the RJ plug from said opening of said jack housing, and
wherein said plurality of contact terminals includes at least two secondary contact terminals having second engagement portions which are positioned less than said first distance from the plane of said opening, wherein said second engagement portions of said at least two secondary contact terminals are the last portions of said at least two secondary contact terminals to make electrical contact with corresponding blades of the RJ plug upon removal of the RJ plug from said opening of said jack housing, wherein said second engagement portions of said at least two secondary contact terminals break electrical contact with their corresponding blades of the RJ plug after electrical contact has been broken between said first engagement portions of said at least two primary contact terminals and their corresponding blades of the RJ plug, and wherein a first of said first engagement portions is formed of a first material different from a second material used to form a first of said second engagement portions.