Patent ID: 9407043
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A communications connector, comprising: a housing; a plurality of contacts that are mounted in the housing, the contacts arranged as a plurality of differential pairs of contacts that each include a tip contact and a ring contact; wherein each contact has a first end section that comprises a conductive socket that extends in a longitudinal direction that is configured to receive a respective pin contact of a mating connector along an axis of the respective pin contact that extends in the longitudinal direction and a second end section that is configured to be received within a metal-plated opening in a printed circuit board, wherein the tip contact of each differential pair of contacts crosses over its associated ring contact to form a plurality of tip-ring crossover locations, wherein the first end sections of the tip contacts are substantially aligned in a first row that extends along a first axis and the first end sections of the ring contacts are substantially aligned in a second row that extends along the first axis, the second row being offset from the first row along a second axis that is normal to the first axis.