Patent ID: 7618296

Claim:
A jack comprising: a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs) adapted to connect to a plug inserted into the jack; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having a plurality of holes and containing compensation circuitry; and a sled assembly in which the PICs are mounted, the sled assembly comprising a front comb at a front of the sled assembly, the front comb having a front comb slot, the front comb slot containing a portion of the FPC, the sled assembly further having a plurality of staking posts that retain the FPC via the holes in the FPC and a mandrel at the front of the sled assembly around which the FPC is bent such that the FPC physically and electrically contacts the PICs at a front portion of the mandrel, the PICs mounted such that ends of the PICs extend horizontally from a rear of the sled assembly.