Patent ID: 9692181
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A receptacle assembly for receiving a plug comprising a plurality of evenly spaced terminal contacts in a telecommunications system, the assembly comprising: a plurality of pairs of conductors; and a RJ-45 style receptacle comprising a receptacle housing for terminating said plurality of pairs of conductors at a rear end thereof, a flexible printed circuit board comprising at least a first pair of contact pads towards a first board end of said flexible printed circuit board and at least a second pair of contact pads towards a second board end of said flexible printed circuit board, each of said pairs of conductors attached to a respective pair of said contact pads, a plurality of evenly spaced tines exposed within said receptacle housing and arranged in parallel on said flexible printed circuit board, each of said tines comprising a first tine end arranged towards said first board end and a second tine end arranged towards said second board end, and a plurality of pairs of traces interconnecting each contact pad of said plurality of pairs of contact pads with respective ones of said plurality of tines, wherein said first pair of contact pads is interconnected with respective ones of a center pair of said tines at a first tine end and said second pair of contact pads is interconnected with respective ones of a second pair of said tines at said second tine end, said center pair of tines positioned between and immediately adjacent to said second pair of tines; wherein when the plug is inserted into said receptacle, each of the plurality of terminal contacts comes into contact with a respective one of said plurality of tines; and wherein a plurality of elongate slots are in said flexible printed circuit board, one of each of said slots between and in parallel to adjacent ones of said tines.