Patent ID: 9595797
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01R,H04Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A connector arrangement comprising: a plug nose body having a first side and an opposite second side, the first side of the plug nose body being configured to hold a plurality of first contacts that are electrically connected to conductors of an electrical segment of communications media, the second side of the plug nose body defining a cavity; a circuit board positioned within the cavity of the plug nose body, the circuit board including a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media, the storage device being electrically connected to a plurality of second contacts, the second contacts being configured to enable the stored information to be read from the storage device by a media reading interface; and a plug cover member that encloses the circuit board within the cavity, the plug cover defining a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed.