Patent ID: 7670172

Claim:
A modular jack assembly comprising: a contact-holding member including a first contact-holding insert and a second contact-holding insert disposed in a stacked relationship and interengagable with each other for forming upper and lower modular jack connectors; and said first contact-holding insert and said second contact-holding insert including a first group of interengaging elements and a second group of interengaging elements disposed between mutually facing first and second surfaces of said first and second contact-holding inserts, respectively; said first group of interengaging elements including at least one first mounting peg and at least one first peg engagement slot interferentially engaging with each other in a first horizontal positioning direction, said at least one first mounting peg disposed on said first surface, the first mounting peg having a first axial section disposed along a peripheral portion of the first mounting peg and adapted to extend from the first surface toward the second surface; said second group of interengaging elements including at least one second mounting peg and at least one second peg engagement slot interferentially engaging with each other in a second horizontal positioning direction different from said first horizontal positioning direction, said at least one second mounting peg disposed on said first surface, the second mounting peg having a second axial section disposed along a peripheral portion of the second mounting peg and adapted to extend from the first surface toward the second surface.