Patent ID: 6331126
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A high speed, low cross talk modular jack including a body formed from dielectric material, said body defining a plug recess and including a bottom wall, opposed side walls and a contact support member extending above the bottom wall and along one side of the plug recess; and a plurality of wire contacts in the body, each wire contact including a cantilever end at the top of the support member and extending into the plug recess, a pin extending below the bottom wall and an intermediate portion joining the cantilever end and the pin, adjacent cantilever ends spaced apart a distance X along the support member, said pins being arranged in two spaced, staggered rows with each row including two adjacent pins spaced apart a distance Y and an end pin spaced from one of the adjacent pins a distance Z, the distance X being less that the distance Y and the distance Y being less than the distance Z, said end pins being located adjacent said opposite side walls, said adjacent pins in one row being located between the end pin and the nearest adjacent pin in the other row.