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Jack assembly

  • US 6,116,961 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1998
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A jack assembly comprising:

  • a jack mount having a front side and a rear side, the jack mount also including top and bottom supports defining a jack receiving region that opens outward toward the front side of the jack mount;

    a jack adapted to be slidably mounted in the jack receiving region defined between the top and bottom supports of the jack mount, the jack 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;

    the 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;

    the jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs;

    a plurality of cross-connect contacts;

    a rear interface assembly including a dielectric support having a first side that faces the jack mount and a second side that faces away from the jack mount, the rear interface assembly also including a plurality of rear connectors that project outward from the second side of the dielectric support;

    the rear interface assembly further including a circuit board positioned between the jack mount and the dielectric support, the circuit board being configured to provide electrical connections between the rear connectors and the tip and ring springs, the circuit board also being configured to provide electrical connections between the cross-connect contacts and the normal contacts;

    a resilient retaining member connected to one of the jack and the jack mount for securing the jack within the jack mount, the resilient retaining member being moveable between a first position in which the retaining member is adapted to retain the jack within the jack mount, and a second position in which the jack can be inserted into or removed from the jack mount; and

    an electrical interface between the jack and the circuit board, the electrical interface being configured such that when the jack is removed from the jack mount, the jack is electrically disconnected from the circuit board.

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