Patent ID: 7736176

Claim:
A modular jack assembly for being mounted on a mother board and engaging with a mating plug, comprising: an insulative housing defining a cavity for receiving the mating plug; a power over ethernet assembly having a substrate and a plurality of electrical elements mounted on the substrate; and a terminal module mounted in the insulative housing and comprising: a base element having a plurality of terminal slots at an outer face thereof; a plurality of connecting terminals mounted in the terminal slots, each connecting terminal comprising a first end exposed at a side of the base element and a second end connected with the power over ethernet assembly; a pair of daughter boards attached to opposite sides of the base element and having a plurality of first holes for engaging with the first ends of the connecting terminals; a contacting module assembled to the base element, the contacting module having two groups of mating terminals electrically connected to the daughter boards; and a connecting element assembled to the base element and comprising a plurality of contacts electrically connected to the daughter boards.