Patent ID: 6431917
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular jack comprising:an insulative housing comprising a base wall and a peripheral lateral wall projecting from a base edge adjacent the base wall in generally normal relation from said base wall to a terminal edge and having an outer side and an inner side and forming with said base wall an interior cavity and having an opening between said outer and inner sides, the peripheral lateral wall including a bump between the base wall and the opening and adjacent the opening, the bump protruding away from the interior cavity and including an arcuate surface extending between the outer side and inner side past the opening; and a conductive element fixed to the outer side of the peripheral lateral wall at a fixing location adjacent the base wall and extending through the opening in the lateral wall and extending into the interior cavity, the conductive element being flush with a portion of the arcuate surface of the bump and being spaced from the outer side of the peripheral lateral wall by the bump at a portion of such outer side between the fixing location and the bump, the jack further comprising a conductive element supporting structure supporting the conductive element in the interior cavity, the conductive element supporting structure projecting into the interior cavity from the base wall.