Patent ID: 7294024

Claim:
A jack assembly comprising: a first jack including a front end, a back end, a first outermost sidewall and an opposite second outermost sidewall, the first jack defining a port in the front end for receiving a plug, the first jack also defining spring contacts within the port for making electrical contact with the plug, the first jack including insulation displacement contacts projecting in a direction from the front end to the back end of the first jack, the insulation displacement contacts electrically connected to the spring contacts, the insulation displacement contacts configured to establish electrical contact with conductors of a cable, the insulation displacement contacts arranged in two columns that define a space thereinbetween for receiving the conductors of the cable, the insulation displacement contacts defining an outer surface; a first cap manufactured of a material configured to minimize transmission of electrical signal away from its intended path, wherein the first cap includes an electrically non-conductive material which is impregnated with an electrically conductive material such that the first cap is overall electrically non-conductive, the first cap constructed to fit about the first jack to cover at least a portion of the outer surface defined by the insulation displacement contacts, the first cap including a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall, wherein, once mounted thereon, the first sidewall of the first cap is configured to align flush with the first outermost sidewall of the first jack, the first sidewall of the first cap including a notch that, when mounted, defines an airspace between the first sidewall of the first cap and the first outermost sidewall of the first jack; and an unshielded cable terminated to the first jack, wherein the electrically conductive material of the first cap is not grounded through the cable when the first cap is mounted on the first jack.