Communication connector to withstand power over ethernet

• US 10,637,199 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2018
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Valenti, Joshua A., Patel, Satish I., Fransen, Robert E., Verbeek, Michael B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Riyami, Abdullah A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kratt, Justin M
• Application Number:
  US16/177,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20190074647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: 439676
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09709 Staggered pads, lands or terminals; Parallel conductors in different planes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/9241 Contacts arranged for sequential connection

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to the field of telecommunication, and more particularly, to the field of connectors such as plugs and/or jacks used to interconnect electronic equipment. In an embodiment, the present invention is a shielded RJ45 network jack with an inter-jack connection method that has an electrical disengagement point outside of any electrical mating points, while still allowing for a relatively short distance to compensation from the plug/jack mating interface.

Claims

1. A communication connector comprising:

a housing with an opening;

a sled assembly contained within the housing wherein the sled assembly has a horizontally oriented printed circuit board (PCB), a sled support connected to the PCB, a set of plug interface contacts connected to the sled support, contact pads located on the PCB wherein the contact pads have a mating portion and a disconnect portion electrically connected to each other wherein the sled assembly is configured to move in a horizontal direction; and

a plurality of wiping contacts within the housing, held in a fixed position relative to the housing, and configured to engage the mating portion of the contact pads when the wiping contact is in a mated or over travel state and further configured to engage the disconnect portion when the wiping contact is in a pre-release or release state.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the sled support comprises a first sled support and a second sled support.

3. The connector of claim 2, further comprising a flexible printed circuit board secured between the first sled support and the second sled support.

4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the mating portion and the disconnect portion are positioned to contact alternate sides of the wiping contact.