Communication Jack Having Layered Plug Interface Contacts

• US 20120129404A1
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Caveney, Jack E., Patel, Satish I.
• Granted Patent: US 8,435,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/676
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/08 Resiliently-mounted rigid pins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/46 Bases; Cases
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6464 by adding capacitive elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/665 with built-in electronic circuit H01R13/70, H01R13/719 take precedence
• 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 24/28 Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0228 Compensation of cross-talk by a mutually correlated lay-out of printed circuit traces, e.g. for compensation of cross-talk in mounted connectors balanced signal pairs H05K1/0245
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/147 at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit H05K1/148 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10189 Non-printed connector
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/941 Crosstalk suppression

Abstract

A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.

Claims

1. A communications jack configured to accept a communication plug, the jack comprising:

a cavity configured to accept the communication plug; and

a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that the plug in the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts, at least one of the plug interface contacts formed of individual layered conductive strips wherein adjacent surfaces of the individual layered conductive strips contact each other along a majority of a surface area of the adjacent surfaces.

2. The communications jack of claim 1, wherein the adjacent surfaces contact each other along substantially the entire surface area of the adjacent surfaces when the plug is not inserted into the communications jack.

3. The communications jack of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plug interface contacts consists of the plug interface contacts most proximate to sides of the jack.

4. The communications jack of claim 1, wherein the individual layered conductive strips are all of the same thickness.

5. The communications jack of claim 1, wherein each of the plug interface contacts of the plurality of plug interface contacts is formed of individual layered conductive strips.

6. The communications jack of claim 1, wherein the individual layered conductive strips are formed of the same material.