Patent ID: 6379174
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A telecommunications plug comprising:a housing; and a plurality of contacts positioned in said housing, each of said contacts having a termination end, said contacts including a first contact of a first pair and a second contact of the first pair and a first contact of a second pair and a second contact of the second pair, said contacts being arranged sequentially in the order of first contact of said first pair, second contact of said first pair, first contact of said second pair, second contact of said second pair, where said second contact of said first pair is adjacent said first contact of said second pair; said termination end of said first contact of the first pair and the termination end of said first contact of the second pair being positioned in a first plane; said termination end of said second contact of the first pair and the termination end of said second contact of the second pair being positioned in a second plane different than said first plane; said first contact of the first pair including a first arm extending from said first contact of the first pair and proximate said first contact of the second pair to establish reactance between said first contact of the first pair and said first contact of the second pair; and said second contact of the second pair including a second arm extending from said second contact of the second pair and proximate said second contact of the first pair to establish reactance between said second contact of the second pair and said second contact of the first pair; wherein said second arm of said second contact of the second pair includes a plate to establish said reactance between said second contact of the second pair and said second contact of the first pair.