Patent ID: 7391625

Claim:
A jack module for a telecommunications system, the jack module comprising: an array of jacks forming a front face defining a plurality of ports that receive tip-and-ring plugs, the array of jacks including ring springs and tip springs that contact tip-and-ring plugs inserted into the ports, the array of jacks including a first horizontal row of jacks and a second horizontal row of jacks, the first horizontal row of jacks being positioned above the second horizontal row of jacks; an array of wire termination pins defining cross-connect locations to which cross-connect cables connect, the wire termination pins being positioned beneath the second horizontal row of jacks, the array of wire termination pins defining first sets of cross-connect locations that are electrically connected to corresponding ones of the first row of jacks, and the array of wire termination pins also defining second sets of cross-connect locations that are electrically connected to corresponding ones of the second row of jacks; and front cover panel portions positioned on opposite sides of the array of jacks, the front cover panel portions being generally parallel to the front face formed by the array of jacks, the front cover panel portions also being recessed relative to the front face formed by the array of jacks, and the front cover panel portions being interconnected by an intermediate panel portion on which the array of cross-connect locations is mounted.