Patent ID: 7166000
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A communications jack, comprising: a dielectric mounting substrate; and a plurality of contact wires, each of the contact wires having a contact segment, a compensating segment in electrical connection with the contact segment, and a base in electrical connection with the compensating segment and mounted in the mounting substrate; wherein the contact segments are generally transversely aligned and parallel with each other, and wherein the contact wires are arranged in pairs, with a first pair of contact wires having contact segments that are immediately adjacent each other, a second pair of contact wires having contact segments that are immediately adjacent each other and positioned on one side of the contact segments of the first pair of contact wires, a fourth pair of contact wires having contact segments that are immediately adjacent each other and positioned on an opposite side of the contact segments of the first pair of contact wires, and a third pair of contact wires having contact segments sandwiching the contact segments of the first pair of contact wires, with one of the contact segments of the third pair of contact wires being disposed between the contact segments of the first and second pairs of contact wires, and the other of the contact segments of the third pair of contact wires being disposed between the contact segments of the first and fourth pairs of contact wires; and wherein sections of the compensation segments of the second pair of contact wires are substantially vertically aligned with each other, and wherein sections of the compensation segments of the fourth pair of contact wires are substantially vertically aligned with each other.