Patent ID: 6210235
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular jack type electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having a mating face and a mounting face, the housing defining an interior space having an opening in the mating face adapted to receive an external connector, a slot being further defined in the housing in communication with the interior space and exposed to the mounting face, a partition being formed between the slot and the interior space; anda horizontal first spacer and a vertical second spacer cooperatively retaining contact elements therein, each contact element having a mating end projecting from a front face of the first spacer and a mounting end projecting out of a bottom face of the second spacer, the contact elements being bent at a location between the first and second spacer, the first spacer being received in the slot of the housing and partially supported by the partition with the mating ends of the contact elements being located in the interior space of the housing for electrically engaging with contacts of the external connector, and the second spacer being attached to the mounting face of the housing with the mounting ends of the contact elements extending beyond the mounting face of the housing through the second spacer.