Patent ID: 7040927

Claim:
A modular communications socket comprising a chassis having a front; a rear; and multiple holes formed vertically through the rear of the chassis; a main circuit board mounted on the chassis near the rear of the chassis and having a front; a rear; multiple through holes formed through the main circuit board near the front of the main circuit board; and multiple electrical prongs attached to the rear of the main circuit board and corresponding to and extending through the holes in the chassis; a socket block mounted on the chassis near the front of the chassis and having a front end; a top; a bottom; two sides; a cavity formed on the front end of the socket block and having multiple contact notches formed in the cavity; a secondary circuit board mounted on the socket block and having a front end and a rear end; a contact assembly mounted in the contact notches in the cavity and having multiple resilient contacts mounted respectively in the contact notches and electrically connecting to the secondary circuit board; multiple internal leads attached to the rear of the secondary circuit board and protruding through the through holes in the main circuit board to electrically connect the secondary circuit board to the main circuit board; and two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the socket block respectively near the sides, and each LED having two wires extending through the chassis; a chassis cover mounted securely on and covering the socket block, the main circuit board and the chassis and having two L-shaped partitions formed in the chassis cover between the wires of the LEDs and the filter coils on the main circuit board; multiple filter coils mounted in the chassis cover between the main circuit board and the secondary circuit board; and a socket cover mounted securely on and covering the chassis cover, the socket block, the main circuit board and the chassis.