Patent ID: 7503810
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A communications jack, comprising: a housing having a plug aperture; a printed circuit board having first and second opposed sides, the first side of the printed circuit board including first through fourth output contacts and the second side of the printed circuit board including fifth through eighth output contacts; first through eighth input contacts mounted on the printed circuit board and extending into the plug aperture; a board edge termination assembly mounted on an edge of the printed circuit board, the board edge termination assembly comprising a body and first through eighth contact members that are completely received within the body; wherein each of the first through eighth contact member is configured to mate with a respective one of the output contacts; and wherein each of the first through eighth contact members comprises a unitary element that includes a contact portion that is configured to mate with a respective one of the output contacts and an insulation displacement contact portion.