Patent ID: 6655988
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly having a plurality of rows of jacks for mating with a plurality of electrical plugs, the connector comprising:an insulating housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, an intermediate wall forming an upper and lower row, and a plurality of modular openings formed in said upper and lower row, a transverse slot extending between said top and bottom wall, intermediate adjacent side by side modular openings; a plurality of contact modules positioned within said modular openings forming a plurality of electrical connector interfaces; a LED module positioned within said transverse slot, said LED module having a housing insulatively encapsulating a plurality of electrical leads, said leads having connecting portions adjacent said top wall and contact portions adjacent said bottom wall; and a plurality of LEDs positioned adjacent to said top wall, and electrically interconnected to said electrical leads in said LED module, for monitoring said upper row of modular openings.