Patent ID: 8485850

Claim:
A telecommunications connector having a jack form, comprising: an array of eight contacts connectable to telecommunications wire pairs, comprising: a first contact and a second contact of a first contact type and forming a first contact pair connectable to a first telecommunications wire pair; a seventh contact and an eighth contact of a second contact type and forming a second contact pair connectable to a second telecommunications wire pair; an inner zone comprising a third contact, a fourth contact, a fifth contact, and a sixth contact, the inner zone of contacts disposed between the first and second contact pairs, wherein the third and sixth contact are connectable to a third telecommunications wire pair and the fourth and fifth contact are connectable to a fourth telecommunications wire pair, wherein each type comprises a support region by which the contact is mounted in the connector and a contact region positioned to make electrical connection with a respective contact of a mating telecommunications connector; wherein, to introduce crosstalk compensation: (i) the first type of contact is shaped so that its contact region extends in a first direction and the second type of contact is shaped so that its contact region extends in an opposing direction to the first direction; (ii) adjacent contacts of the first zone of the array are alternately of the first and second types; and (iii) the inner zone contact adjacent the first contact pair is of the second contact type, and the inner zone contact adjacent the second contact pair is of the first contact type, and wherein the second type of contact is shaped so that engagement of the contact region by a respective electrical contact of the mating telecommunications connector moves a free end of the contact into engagement with a stop to enhance the electrical connection between the telecommunications connectors.