Rear cross connect DSX system

• US 5,393,249 A
• Filed: 06/30/1993
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Morgenstern, Todd A., Dewey, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): PIRLOT, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US08/085,343
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 439/668, 439/669, 439/578, 439/585, 439/55, 439/76, 439/79, 439/62, 439/59, 439/49
• US Class Current: 439/668
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7033 making use of elastic extensions of the terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/58 Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/142 Terminal blocks for distribution frames

Abstract

A jack assembly is disclosed including a jack having a means for releasable attachment to a mount. The jack further includes a body with means for connection to jack plugs and a circuit board having a plurality of contact points disposed on the first and second sides of the circuit board. Also included is a mount having a plurality of exposed contact members arranged in a predetermined array so that when the jack is inserted into the mount each electric contact point is in electrical communication with a discrete member of the contact members on the mount.

Claims

1. A jack assembly comprising:

a) a jack having

i) a circuit board having a first side and a second side separated by a first transverse dimension, said circuit board further having a front end and a rear end;

ii) a dielectric body secured to said front end of said circuit board with said body extending from said circuit board in generally planar alignment, said body having a front face on a side of said body opposite said circuit board, said front face including a port formed therethrough to pass a plug into an interior of said body, a plurality of jack springs disposed within said body and positioned to releasably engage a plug inserted into said port, said jack springs each in electrical contact with individual ones of a plurality of contact points on said circuit board;

iii) a first and a second plurality of electrical contact pads disposed and exposed on said first and said second sides, respectively, of said circuit board, said pads on said first side positioned offset from said pads on said second side with respect to said first transverse dimension, said pads of said first and second sides electrically connected to said plurality of contact points;

b) a mount having a dielectric body with a slot formed therein and sized to receive said rear end of said circuit board, a first and a second plurality of exposed contact springs disposed within said slot witch said first plurality of contact springs disposed on a first side of said slot and with said second plurality of contact springs disposed on a second side of said slot, said first and second plurality of contact springs mutually offset to engage in electrical contact said first and second plurality of contact pads, respectively, when said circuit board is received within said slot so that when said jack is inserted into said mount, each of said contact points is in electrical communication with a discrete contact member of said contact members on said mount.

2. A jack assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of said contact springs of said mount are in electrical communication with a wire termination member.

3. A jack assembly according to claim 1 wherein each of said contact springs are, in the absence of said circuit board within said slot, in a rest state positioned beyond a midpoint of a transverse dimension of said slot.