Patent ID: 6608764
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H01R,H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications connection module comprising:a housing including a top, a bottom, opposing sides, and a rear wall with an opening therethrough and an opposing front opening, the housing defining an interior and the opposing sides including openings for receiving removable fasteners, the openings adjacent the front opening and open toward the front; a circuit board with opposing sides, including at least one pair of mounting locations for connectors, wherein the mounting locations of each pair are positioned on opposite sides of the circuit board, and circuitry on the circuit board electrically connecting the mounting locations of each pair; a holding structure in the interior of the housing for retaining the circuit board within the interior of the housing, the holding structure including tabs and opposing ribs cooperating to hold the circuit board offset from the rear wall so that one of the mounting locations on the circuit board is accessible from an exterior of the housing through the opening in the rear wall; the holding structure made from a resilient, deformable material so that the circuit board is releasably snap-fit within the housing.