Patent ID: 6558205
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular jack mounted on a printed circuit board and terminating with a cable end comprising an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulating housing, the insulating housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls together defining a plug insertion hole therebetween for receiving a complementary plug, the insulating housing comprising:a first resilient post forming a first arc protrusion thereon in a first angle range; a second resilient post forming a second arc protrusion thereon in a second angle range; a third resilient post forming a third arc protrusion thereon in a third angle range; wherein the first and third resilient posts forming a pair of resilient posts downwardly extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall, and wherein the second post downwardly extending from the bottom wall between the first and third resilient posts; and wherein each of the first and third resilient post comprising an outer section, an inner section and a slit defined between the outer section and the inner section, the outer section comprises a projection extending into the slit, and the inner sections comprises a pair of respective ribs formed on inner side thereof and toward each other; and wherein the first, second and third resilient posts are configure to arrange in substantially an isosceles triangle; and wherein the first, second and third angle ranges are generally excluded from one another without overlapping while commonly defining about 360 degrees complementarily; and wherein the first and third arc protrusion are located on outer peripheries of the corresponding posts with regard to a center of the isosceles triangle; and wherein the first and third arc protrusion are symmetrical with regard to a center of the isosceles triangle.