Patent ID: 8043112

Claim:
A modular jack connector assembly comprising: at least one connector housing and at least one connector insert insertable into the connector housing; each connector housing comprising a front mating side with at least one port opening for receiving a plug having a plurality of electrical contacts and a rear side for inserting at least one of the connector inserts; and each connector insert comprising a front-end side and a rear-end side and supporting electrical contacts with contact sections arranged at the front end for detachable connection with corresponding electrical contacts of at least one of the plugs, and each connector insert supporting, at the rear-end side, components of a circuitry providing a Power-over-LAN functionality, the components being arranged outside the jack connector housing wherein the circuitry components are mounted to a backplane board directly connected to the rear-end side of at least one support insert, the backplane board and the at least one support insert forming at least one insert which is received by at least one connector housing with the front-end side of the at least one support insert first and with at least the circuitry components being arranged outside.