Patent ID: 6276943
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular plug connector for terminating an electrical cable, comprising:an insulative main housing member;a contact module; anda printed circuit board,wherein said insulative main housing member and said contact module include first complementary interengaging structures arranged to guide said contact module into a contact module final position within said insulative main housing member, and second complementary interengaging structures arranged to secure said contact module in said contact module final position,wherein said insulative main housing member and said printed circuit board include third complementary engaging structures arranged to secure said printed circuit board in a printed circuit board final position,wherein in said contact module final position and said printed circuit board final position, contacts of said contact module engage terminals on said printed circuit board andwherein said contact module comprised an insulative housing containing a plurality of contacts, said contacts including mating portions extending from a front side of said housing and rear termination portions extending from a rear side of said housing, said rear termination portions contacting said terminals of said printed circuit board when said contact module and printed circuit board are in said final positions, without a need for soldering of said termination portions to said terminals.