Patent ID: 8840426

Claim:
A telecommunications jack for use in a twisted pair system, the telecommunications jack comprising: a housing defining a port for receiving a plug, the housing having a generally rectangular shape including a top, a bottom, and left and right sides; a plurality of contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing; a plurality of wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack; a latching mechanism positioned to retain the housing in an opening of a face of a telecommunications panel; and a first stop latch positioned along the left side of the housing and a second stop latch positioned along the right side of the housing, the first and second stop latches vertically offset from each other and extending from the sides of the housing by a width, wherein the telecommunications jack is installable in an array of telecommunications jacks at a distance from a neighboring telecommunications jack of less than twice the width.