Patent ID: 7658650

Claim:
A cross-connect assembly comprising: a plurality of jacks each including a jack body formed of a dielectric material, the jack body defining a plurality of bores sized to receive standard tip-and-ring plugs having tip and ring contacts, each jack including a plurality of electrically conductive tip and ring springs, the tip springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the tip contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, and the ring springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the ring contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, each jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs; and wherein the plurality of bores of at least a first one of the jacks of the plurality of jacks has bores that are spaced apart from one another in a first spacing configuration, and wherein the plurality of bores of at least a second one of the jacks of the plurality of jacks has bores that are spaced apart from one another in a second spacing configuration, the first spacing configuration of the bores of the first one jack being different than the second spacing configuration of the bores of the second one jack.