Patent ID: 7682203

Claim:
A communications jack, comprising: a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating plug that is inserted along a horizontal plug axis; a generally vertically-oriented wiring board that is mounted substantially normal to the horizontal plug axis; a first contact wire and a second contact wire that form a first differential pair of contact wires, the first and second contact wires each having a fixed portion that is mounted in the vertically-oriented wiring board and a deflectable portion that is at least partially positioned in the plug aperture; and a third contact wire and a fourth contact wire that form a second differential pair of contact wires, the third and fourth contact wires each having a fixed portion that is mounted in the vertically-oriented wiring board and a deflectable portion that is at least partially positioned in the plug aperture; wherein at least a portion of the first differential pair of contact wires is positioned between the contact wires of the second differential pair of contact wires in a plane that is normal to the vertically-oriented wiring board; wherein the deflectable portions of the third and fourth contact wires include a crossover; wherein the fixed portions of the third and fourth contact wires are spaced farther apart vertically than are the fixed portions of the first and second contact wires.