Patent ID: 7670194
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An RJ-45 style communications jack, comprising: a housing having a plug receiving cavity; a guide protruding from a first surface of the housing into the plug receiving cavity; and a stop provided at a second surface of the housing; wherein the guide is configured to contact a plug housing of an RJ-11 communications plug when the RJ-11 communications plug is inserted within the plug receiving cavity so that the guide directs the RJ-11 communications plug toward the second surface where the stop prevents the RJ-11 communications plug from being fully inserted within the plug receiving cavity; wherein the guide comprises a fixed structure; wherein the guide is configured to be aligned with a contact slot on a mating RJ-45 style communications plug when the mating RJ-45 style communications plug is received within the plug receiving cavity; and wherein a width of the guide is less than a width of a contact slot of the mating RJ-45 style communications plug.