Patent ID: 6017240
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular plug comprising:(a) an insulative housing comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of lateral walls perpendicularly interposed between said top and bottom walls and wherein there are a plurality of longitudinal terminal receiving slots in the front and top wall and a cable receiving cavity in the rear wall;(b) a plurality of conductive means wherein each of said conductive means extends from the rear wall of the jack to adjacent one of said terminal receiving slots; and(c) a plurality of metallic contacts wherein each of said contacts is adjacent one of said terminal receiving slots and is connected to one of the conducting means and at least one of said contacts has a different shape from at least one other of said contacts, wherein at least one of the contacts is comprised of a substantially planar blade having a vertical centerline and said blade is substantially symmetrical about its vertical centerline, and at least one of the contacts is comprised of a substantially planar blade having a vertical centerline and said blade is asymmetrical relative to the vertical centerline.