Patent ID: 6793521
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly, comprising:a printed circuit board; a plurality of identical straight jacks mounted to the printed circuit in at least one row and at least one column; a plurality of identical angled plugs mounted to said plurality of straight jacks to form a two dimensional array, each of the angled plugs comprising: a tubular main body along a first axis, the main body comprising a chamfered end surface and a snap-on coupling mechanism for connecting the plug to a jack; a tubular wire exit extending from the main body along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the chamfered end surface and approximately at a selected angle from the first axis, the tubular wire exit having a second diameter C that is a smaller percentage of a pitch P than a first diameter B of the tubular main body, wherein pitch P is smaller of a pitch Px along the row and a pitch Py along the column; wherein each of the angled plugs can independently rotate without interfering with other angled plugs in the two dimensional array.