Patent ID: 8096839
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A multi-port telecommunications connector panel comprising: a continuous mounting circuit board having opposed front and rear faces; a plurality of sets of insulation displacement contacts extending from the rear face of the mounting circuit board; a plurality of sets of jack contacts extending from the front face of the mounting circuit board, each set of jack contacts being electrically connected to a respective set of insulation displacement contacts and adapted to mate with respective contacts of an inserted connector plug; and an electrically conductive front housing at the front face of the mounting circuit board substantially surrounding the sets of jack contacts individually and collectively to define a plurality of ports, each port having electrically conductive integral wall portions of the front housing defining a plug receiving cavity aligned with and substantially surrounding a respective set of jack contacts, the front housing being electrically insulated from the jack contacts and having an electrically conductive isolation barrier associated with each pair of adjacent sets of insulation displacement contacts, each isolation barrier extending from the front housing rearward beyond the mounting circuit board and between said adjacent sets of insulation displacement contacts.