Patent ID: 8215980
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A keystone jack network connector for use with punch down and tool free insulation displacement contacts, the keystone jack network connector comprising: a jack body comprising a plurality of gold-plated pins arranged in a front jack hole thereof; an insulation displacement contact housing arranged at a rear side of said jack body, said insulation displacement contact housing comprising a wire-bonding block panel having a plurality of partition plates and a hooked portion located directly on a distal end of each said partition plates, said plurality of partition plates and each said hooked portion are integrally formed with said insulation displacement contact housing; a wire layout cover attached to a rear side of said insulation displacement contact housing opposite to said jack body, said wire layout cover comprising an insertion hole for the insertion of a network cable, a bracket structure located on an inner side of said wire layout cover for securing core wires of the inserted network cable in a suspended manner for enabling a suspended part of each of said core wires to be forced into a gap located between each two adjacent ones of said partition plates and secured therein by a corresponding hooked portion of said insulation displacement contact housing; and two cover shells bilaterally pivotally coupled to the rear side of said jack body and movable relative to each other between an open position where said insulation displacement contact housing is exposed to the outside of said jack body, and a closed position where said cover shells enclosing said insulation displacement contact housing, each said cover shell comprising a plurality of press blocks bilaterally located on an inner side thereof for pushing said wire layout cover forward, when said two cover shells are moving from said open position to said closed position, said plurality of press blocks pressing and moving said wire layout cover towards said insulation displacement contact housing; wherein the core wires of the inserted network cable are pressable into the gap between each two adjacent ones of said partition plates by a punch down tool; alternatively the core wires of the inserted network cable are pressable into the gap between each two adjacent ones of said partition plates by means of said wire layout cover after fastening of the core wires to said bracket structure to let a part of each of the core wires be suspended in said bracket structure.