Patent ID: 8425255
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spring assembly for use in a communications jack comprising a plurality of jack contacts comprising a first jack contact, a second jack contact, a third jack contact, a fourth jack contact, a fifth jack contact, and a sixth jack contact, the first jack contact and the second jack contact being configured to conduct a first differential signal, the third jack contact and the fourth jack contact being configured to conduct a second differential signal, the fifth jack contact and the sixth jack contact being configured to conduct a third differential signal, the jack being configured to receive a communications plug having a plug contact corresponding to each of the plurality of jack contacts, each of the plurality of jack contacts being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plug contacts when the communications plug is received by the communications jack, the spring assembly comprising: a corresponding conductive spring member for each of the plurality of jack contacts, each of the conductive spring members being electrically connected to a corresponding jack contact and configured to bias the corresponding jack contact against the corresponding plug contact to which the corresponding jack contact is electrically connected, the conductive spring member electrically connected to the first jack contact and the conductive spring member electrically connected to the second jack contact both being capacitively coupled to the fourth jack contact to reduce crosstalk between the third jack contact and the first and second jack contacts, and the conductive spring member electrically connected to the fifth jack contact and the conductive spring member electrically connected to the sixth jack contact both being capacitively coupled to the third jack contact to reduce crosstalk between the fourth jack contact and the fifth and sixth jack contacts.