Patent ID: 7824232

Claim:
A connector system comprising: a first connector part including a first separable modular 8 position RJ-45 coupler; and a second connector part including a second separable modular position RJ-45 coupler, wherein the first and second connector parts mate together and the first and second couplers are placed into electrical contact with a contact that is associated with the first connector part; wherein the modular 8 position RJ-45 coupler comprises a printed circuit board subassembly separate from both the first and second connector parts, the sub-assembly including a plurality of contacts arranged so that a first set thereof is accessible and engageable along a front surface of the first connector part and a second set thereof is accessible and engageable along an opposite second surface of the first connector part, thereby allowing insertion of a complementary connector member in a first direction into contact with the first set of contacts or insertion of the complementary connector member in an opposite second direction into contact with the second set of contacts; and wherein the subassembly having a stabilizing element that includes a plurality of vanes with the contacts being disposed between the vanes, the sub-assembly being securely disposed within the first connector part such that the contacts are accessible along both a front surface thereof and along an opposite second surface thereof.