Patent ID: 8915757
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A communications jack, comprising: a plurality of contacts that each include an insulative member and a conductive contact member that is mounted on the insulative member, the conductive contact member having a plug blade contact portion, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is configured to move between respective resting positions and respective deflected positions; at least one biasing member that is electrically insulated from the plug blade contact portions of the contacts, the at least one biasing member configured to bias at least a first of the plurality of contacts toward its resting position when the first contact is in its deflected position; and a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of contact structures that are configured to electrically connect to respective ones of the plurality of contacts when the plurality of contacts are in their deflected positions, wherein the conductive contact member and the insulative member of each contact are configured to move together as a single structure between the resting position and the deflected position for the contact.