Patent ID: 6830488
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular jack, comprising:(1) a jack frame adapted to receive a plug; and (2) a terminal housing for receiving and terminating one or more conductors, said terminal housing attached to said jack frame and comprising: (a) a plurality of turrets extending out from a surface of said terminal housing and away from said jack frame, said plurality of turrets aligned into one or more rows; (b) a plurality of slots defined by said plurality of turrets such that one of said plurality of slots runs in-between two neighboring turrets, each of said plurality of slots adapted to receive an insulation displacement connector (IDC) for electrically connecting to and terminating a conductor; and (c) at least one wire management tunnel running through a base of said terminal housing and associated with one of said one or more rows of said turrets, said wire management tunnel having a first opening located within a first end of said terminal housing, a second opening located within a second end of said terminal housing, and a third opening located within the surface of the terminal housing from which said plurality of turrets extend, wherein one or more conductors selectively connects to said jack by entering one of said first or second openings for said wire management tunnel, travel through said wire management tunnel and exits through said third opening onto said surface of said jack, whereupon said one or more conductors can terminate within said IDC of one or more of said plurality of slots.