Patent ID: 7909643
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cassette comprising: a shell comprising a housing and a cover mated together to define an inner chamber bounded by the housing and the cover, the housing having a front and a rear with the cover coupled to the rear, the housing defining a front mating interface for mating with plugs, the housing having a plurality of plug cavities open at the front for receiving the plugs therein, the housing having a rear chamber open to the plug cavities, the shell defining a rear mating interface for mating with a mating plug; a contact subassembly having a circuit board and a plurality of contacts arranged in contact sets coupled to the circuit board, each contact set being configured to mate with a corresponding plug, the contact subassembly being loaded into the rear chamber such that the contact sets are received in different corresponding plug cavities, the circuit board being oriented generally parallel to the front of the housing when the contact subassembly is loaded into the rear chamber; and a rear mating connector held within the shell, the rear mating connector defining the rear mating interface and being configured to receive the mating plug, the rear mating connector being positioned rearward of the circuit board, the rear mating connector being electrically connected to one or more of the contact sets via the circuit board.