Patent ID: 7052315

Claim:
A multi-port jack assembly having integrated power over ethernet, comprising: a multi-port electrical connector housing having a plurality of housing ports adjacent a mating face of said connector housing; a plurality of electrical connection devices positioned with first mating contact portions adjacent said mating face, and adapted for mating engagement with a plurality of electrical connectors in said housing ports, and a plurality of second mating contact portions extending rearwardly in a common patterned configuration; a main board positioned adjacent to a rear of said connector housing and having a first common electrical interface, being electrically interconnected to said second mating contact portions, said main board further comprising a second common electrical interface being electrically connectable with a third common electrical interface on a motherboard, said main board having circuit traces for electrically interconnecting said plurality of electrical connection devices to said mother board through a first designated subset of said second and third common electrical interface, and said main board further comprises an electrical connector interconnected to said main board; and a power over ethernet conditioning board directly connected to said main board, whereby said main board is adapted to receive unconditioned electrical power signals for power over ethernet through a second designated subset of said second and third common electrical interface, and route them through said power over ethernet conditioning board, and then through said first mating contact portions.