Patent ID: 6419526
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A multi-port modular jack, comprising:an outer housing part having a top wall, a bottom wall and a front face having a mid-portion arranged substantially parallel to and between said top wall and said bottom wall, said front face defining a first row of at least one aperture between said mid-portion and said top wall and a second row of at least one aperture between said mid-portion and said bottom wall, said at least one aperture in said first row having a plane of symmetry offset in relation to a plane of symmetry of said at least one aperture in said second row such that only a portion of said at least one aperture in said first row is directly opposed to said at least one aperture in said second row, inner housing parts, each arranged in said outer housing part to define a plug-receiving receptacle with said outer housing part in alignment with a respective one of said apertures in said front face of said outer housing part, each of said inner housing parts including contact/terminal members for engaging contacts of a plug insertable into a respective one of said plug-receiving receptacles, each plug-receiving receptacle of said first row having a latching cutout and each plug-receiving receptacle of said second row having a latching cutout offset in relation to said latching cutouts of said receptacles of said first row, wherein said outer housing part further includes a forward bottom portion adjacent said front face, an upper back portion adjacent said top wall, a rearward bottom portion adjacent said upper back portion and a lower back portion extending between said forward and rearward bottom portions to thereby define a recess at a rear of said outer housing part behind said at least one aperture in said first row, said recess being receivable of a printed circuit board, and wherein said outer housing part further comprises a step situated between said rearward bottom portion and said lower back portion, said step defining a surface against which the printed circuit board abuts to thereby prevent the printed circuit board from abutting said rearward bottom portion of said outer housing part.