Patent ID: 7059915

Claim:
A modular jack mountable in an elongated opening in a front wall of a panel for receiving a plurality of said modular jacks said panel having sidewalls bent from the front wall and to a printed circuit board having a plurality of notches in an edge, comprising: a non-conductive housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end, the front end having a receptacle for receiving a mating jack plug, and the rear end having a slot for receiving an edge of the printed circuit board, said rear end insertable into the elongated opening; a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the housing and having contact portions projecting into said receptacle for engaging contacts on the mating jack plug and tail portions exposed at said slot for engaging circuit traces on the printed circuit board; interengaging retaining means between the housing and the panel to hold each of the plurality of modular jacks in a respective position in the elongated opening in the panel said interengaging means including a boss insertable against a rear edge of said bent side walls of the panel; and positioning means on one side of each housing for locating the plurality of modular jacks at said respective position along the elongated opening, the positioning means including a projecting rib insertable into one of said board notches when the modular jack is mounted in the panel to properly align the housing and the board and ensure proper alignment of the tail portions of the terminals with the circuit traces on the board and at least one of said interengaging retaining means on a side of the housing opposite said one side upon which said positioning means is located.