Patent ID: 6511348
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a housing member having a front mating face having at least two openings therethrough, profiled to receive a plurality of electrical plugs, wherein said openings are positioned one above the other; a jack portion comprised of an elongate beam section having a front face, rear face, top and bottom faces and side edges, transverse walls upstanding from said top and bottom faces, the top and bottom faces including terminal receiving channels therein, extending through said transverse walls, with vertical slots extending into said top and bottom transverse walls and communicating with said channels; and a plurality of electrical terminals positioned in said channels, having base portions lying in said channels substantially parallel to said top and bottom faces and extending through said transverse walls, with contact portions being reversely bent adjacent to said front face and extending rearwardly and being laterally aligned within said vertical slots; said jack portion, together with said terminals, being receivable within said housing member, with said upper row of contact portions positioned adjacent to said upper opening, and said lower row of contact portions adjacent to said lower opening.