Patent ID: 6780035
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical jack comprising:a housing having an opening defined therein through which a mating plug is received; a grounding strip including a zener diode coupled thereto; and at least one elastically deformable signal contact residing within the housing disposed such that, when in a first position, the at least one elastically deformable signal contact is in contact with the grounding strip; wherein the grounding strip is adapted to controllably ground any electrostatic discharges present in the at least one elastically deformable signal contact through the zener diode; wherein as the mating plug is received any electrostatic discharges present in the mating plug are controllably grounded through the zener diode by the at least one elastically deformable signal contact being in a the first position in contact with the grounding strip, and wherein as the mating plug is further received, the elastically deformable signal contact moves to a second position not in contact with the grounding strip.