Electrical plug receiving connector

• US 7,980,882 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC GmbH (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Inventors: Hetzer, Ulrich, Mossner, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarroli; Michael C
• Application Number:
  US12/522,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20100003847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 439/404, 439/405, 439/676, 439/941, 439/76.1, 439/620.22
• US Class Current: 439/404
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6315 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6467 by cross-over of signal conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6477 by variation of dielectric properties
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/242 the contact members being plates having a single slot

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector (1) for telecommunications and data systems technology, comprising electrically interconnected elastic high-frequency contacts (4) and core connection contacts (10). At least the high-frequency contacts (4) are arranged in a housing (2) comprising a receiving opening (3) for a counter plug-in connector, and the core connection contacts (10) are arranged in two parallel rows (8, 9). The distance between adjacent core connection contacts of a row is smaller than that between core connection contacts of different rows. The housing (2) has an upper edge (5), a lower edge (6) and two lateral edges (7), the two rows (8, 9) of core connection contacts (10) being parallel to the upper edge (5) of the housing (2).

Claims

1. An electrical plug receiving connector for telecommunications and data technology, comprising:

a housing having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges, the housing defining an opening for receiving an electrical plug connector along an insertion axis;

sprung RF contacts arranged in the opening of the housing to mate with the electrical plug connector, the RF contacts being arranged in a row extending parallel to the upper and lower edges of the housing, and

wire connection contacts arranged in two parallel rows extending parallel to the upper and lower edges of the housing, each wire connection contact having a longitudinal axis that extends generally parallel to the insertion axis, wherein a first gap between adjacent wire connection contacts in each row is smaller than a second gap between opposite wire connection contacts in different rows, wherein each wire connection contact in a first of the rows crosses-over another of the wire connection contacts in the first row to form crossed-over wire connection contacts and wherein each wire connection contact in a second of the rows extends generally parallel to each other.

2. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wire connection contacts are in the form of insulation displacement contacts.

3. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein wire connection contacts in each row which are associated with one another in pairs are aligned parallel to one another, whereas adjacent wire connection contacts of different pairs in each row are arranged with respect to one another such that each wire connection contact is rotated through 90°

about the longitudinal axis of the wire connection contact.

4. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein opposite wire connection contacts of different rows are arranged with respect to one another such that each wire connection contact is rotated through 90°

about the longitudinal axis of the wire connection contact.

5. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF contacts and the wire connection contacts are arranged on a common printed circuit board.

6. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the longitudinal axes of the wire connection contacts are aligned parallel to a surface of the printed circuit board.

7. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the wire connection contacts are connected to the printed circuit board via SMD-like contacts.

8. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical plug receiving connector is in the form of an RJ45 socket.

9. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein a first of the rows of the wire connection contacts is located closer to the printed circuit board than a second of the rows.

10. The electrical plug receiving connector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first row is located farther from the printed circuit board than the second row.