Patent ID: 6572413
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H01R,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A jack module system comprising:a housing defining an interior, the interior having access through an opening; first and second jacks, each jack having a jack body having a front and a rear and a width having a first transverse dimension, said jack body further having upper and lower edges; first and second mating connectors disposed on said rear of said jack body with an axis between said upper and lower edges parallel with a second transverse dimension; said jack body including first and second forward ports on said front wall for receiving a jack plug; a switching circuit within said body for normally electrically connecting said mating connectors in the absence of a jack plug in either of said ports and for opening said connection upon insertion of a jack plug into either of said ports; receiving means disposed within the interior of the housing for slidably receiving the jack bodies in a first direction, wherein the jacks are stacked along an axis perpendicular to the first transverse dimension when received into the receiving means and wherein the jacks are slidably removable in a direction opposite the first direction; a cover removably securing the jack bodies in the receiving means, the cover defining at least one opening aligned with one of the forward ports; rear electrical access locations on the housing; and an electrical link between the first and second mating connectors of the jack bodies and the rear electrical access locations on the housing.