Patent ID: 8715012
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G02B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A communications receptacle block comprising: a block housing having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side, the block housing defining at least one socket configured to receive a plug from the front of the block housing, the top of the block housing defining at least one opening leading to the socket; a plurality of first contact members extending into the socket from the bottom of the block housing, each of the first contact members being electrically conductive; a plurality of second contact members extending into the socket from the top of the block housing, one of the second contact members including a flexible arm extending generally parallel with the second contact member, each of the second contact members being electrically conductive; and a sensing contact extending parallel to the second contact members, the sensing contact being electrically conductive, the sensing contact being laterally aligned with and vertically offset from the flexible arm, and the sensing contact including a flexible section that is configured to be contacted by the flexible arm when the flexible arm is moved upwardly.