Patent ID: 6116964
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A communications connector assembly, comprising:a wire board having a front portion with a front edge, and a central portion adjacent the front portion;a number of elongated terminal contact wires each having a base portion connected at one end to the central portion of the wire board, and a free end portion opposite said base portion for making electrical contact with a mating connector;wherein the terminal contact wires are formed to extend substantially parallel and co-planar with one another and are generally uniformly spaced a certain distance above the front portion of the board, and the free end portions of the terminal contact wires are supported above the front edge of the front portion of the board in cantilever fashion by the base portions of the terminal contact wires so that the free end portions are deflected resiliently in the direction of the board when the mating connector engages the free end portions in a direction substantially parallel to the wire board; anda crosstalk compensating device associated with at least one of the terminal contact wires at a position where the terminal contact wires are co-planar with one another.