Patent ID: 7686650

Claim:
A jack comprising: a housing; a contact block in the housing, the contact block including a base member and a plurality of elongate contacts carried by the base member, each contact including an elongate straight contact portion structured and arranged to be engaged along its length by a contact of a plug when the plug is inserted into the jack, a first end portion integral with a first end of said contact portion structured and arranged to be attached to an electronic circuit, and a second end portion integral with a second end of said contact portion and constituted by a bend in an end region of said contact portion; and a flexible substrate including a compensation circuit for the jack, said flexible substrate having a plurality of openings formed there-through at an edge region thereof; and wherein said second end portions of said contacts pass through said openings in said flexible substrate to connect said flexible substrate to said contacts, said flexible substrate being otherwise unsupported in said jack.