Patent ID: 8579660

Claim:
A modular jack adapted to be mounted onto a horizontal mother printed circuit board (PCB), comprising: a housing defining an upper cavity and a lower cavity vertically stacked under the upper cavity; and a contact module assembled to the housing and comprising: an upper row of mating contacts extending into the upper cavity for mating with a modular plug inserted therein, a horizontal upper PCB bearing the upper row of mating contacts, a vertical first PCB electrically connecting the upper PCB, a plurality of first transferring contacts electrically connecting the first PCB to the mother PCB, a lower row of mating contacts extending into the lower cavity for mating with another modular plug inserted therein, a horizontal lower PCB bearing the lower row of mating contacts, a vertical second PCB electrically connecting the lower PCB, and a plurality of second transferring contacts electrically connecting the second PCB to the mother PCB.