Patent ID: 7462075

Claim:
A cross-connect assembly comprising: a chassis; a plurality of jack assemblies that mount within the chassis, each of the jack assemblies including: a jack mount including top and bottom supports defining a jack receiving region that opens outward toward a front side of the jack mount; a plurality of jacks adapted to be slidably mounted in the jack receiving region defined between the top and bottom supports of the jack mount, the jacks each including a jack body formed of a dielectric material, the jack body defining a plurality of bores sized to receive plugs having tip and ring contacts, each jack including a plurality of electrically conductive tip and ring springs, the tip springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the tip contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, and the ring springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the ring contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, each jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs; resilient retaining members connected to the jacks or the jack mount for securing the jacks within the jack mount, the resilient retaining members being moveable between first positions in which the resilient retaining members are adapted to retain the jacks within the jack mounts, and second positions in which the jacks can be inserted into or removed from the jack mounts; a plurality of cross-connect contacts electrically connected to the normal contacts of the jacks; and a rear interface assembly including a plurality of rear connectors electrically connected to the tip and ring springs of the jacks by circuit paths, the rear interface assembly including a circuit board to which the rear connectors are electrically connected, jacks being electrically connected to the circuit board when inserted in the jack mount and being electrically disconnected from the circuit board when removed from the jack mount.