Patent ID: 6093059
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular telephone-style jack for electrical connection with a mating telephone-style plug comprising:a jack housing having an upper surface and a front wall having a plug receiving opening therein for accommodating said plug, said jack housing defining plural contact receiving slots;a plurality of elongated electrical spring contacts positioned in respective slots of said housing, each said contact including a plug mating portion and a tail portion extending from said housing, said plug mating portion including a distal tip, a raised glide dimple proximal of said tip and a recessed contact beam proximal of said glide dimple, said plug mating portion being resiliently deformable upon said mating connection of said plug to deflect said recessed contact beam towards said upper surface and to urge said raised glide dimple against said upper surface wherein said raised glide dimple is more easily slidable along said upper surface in a direction towards said front wall.