Patent ID: 7601034
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An insert device for use in a communication jack, comprising: a housing including walls defining an interior space; a plurality of plug interface contacts mounted with respect to the housing, including wherein at least one plug interface contact of the plurality thereof includes a first length extent extending along a first axial path and defining a first reaction surface that includes a first electrically conductive surface; and a reactance unit including a reactance circuit at least partially disposed within the interior space of the housing and operable to at least one of reduce and compensate for an electrical noise associated with signals conducted by the plug interface contacts of the plurality thereof, the reactance circuit further including a printed circuit board having an interconnection section including a plurality of interconnection elements and an end section including a plurality of capacitive elements in electrical communication with the interconnection elements of the plurality thereof, including wherein at least one interconnection element of the plurality thereof defines a second reaction surface that includes a second electrically conductive surface; wherein the insert device is operable to move the reactance circuit, including the interconnection section of the printed circuit board and the end section of the printed circuit board, relative to the at least one plug interface contact, and relative to the housing, by sliding the second reaction surface across the first reaction surface along an axial direction corresponding to the first axial path; and wherein the insert device is operable to press the second electrically conductive surface against the first electrically conductive surface with a force sufficient to preserve direct electrical communication between the reactance circuit and the at least one plug interface contact.