Patent ID: 6358093
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A normal through telecommunications jack comprising:a) a jack housing defining a front for receipt of a first plug and a second plug, each plug having plug contacts thereon; b) first and second sets of jack contacts mounted to the jack housing; c) first and second sets of spring contacts to engage the plug contacts of the first plug and the second plug, respectively; d) a slideable circuit member carrying the first and second sets of spring contacts for movement therewith, the circuit member further including a plurality of sets of circuit components also for movement therewith, a first set of circuit components electrically connected with the first set of spring contacts, a second set of circuit components electrically connected with the second set of spring contacts, and a third set of circuit components spaced on the circuit member from both the first and second sets of circuit components, the slideable circuit member slideable between first and second positions wherein: 1) in the first position the first set of spring contacts is in electrical contact with the first set of jack contacts through the first set of circuit components, the second set of spring contacts is in electrical contact with the second set of jack contacts through the second set of circuit components, and the third set of circuit components is electrically isolated relative to the first and second sets of jack contacts; and 2) in the second position the first and second sets of circuit components are electrically isolated from the first and second sets of jack contacts, and the first and second sets of jack contacts are in electrical contact through the third set of circuit components.