Communication jack having layered plug interface contacts

• US 8,992,264 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2014
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Caveney, Jack E., Patel, Satish I.
• Primary Examiner(s): HARVEY, JAMES R
• Application Number:
  US14/269,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20140256191A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.1, 439/620.22, 439/620.23, 439/676, 439/941
• 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 communication jack for mating with a communication plug, comprising:

a housing including a plug receiving aperture;

a printed circuit board at least partially with said housing;

a plurality of plug contacts at least partially within said plug receiving aperture and connected to said printed circuit board, each of said plug contacts including a contact side configured for direct contact with the communication plug and a side opposite said contact side;

a resilient support connected to said housing, said resilient support positioned opposite said contact side and supporting at least one plug contact of the plurality of plug contacts.

2. The communication jack of claim 1, further including a flexible printed circuit board at least partially between said plurality of plug contacts and said resilient support.

3. The communication jack of claim 1, wherein said resilient support comprises a plurality of said supports, each support of said supports connected to a respective single plug contact of said plurality of plug contacts such that each plug contact is supported by no more than one support.

4. The communication jack of claim 2, wherein said flexible printed circuit board is connected to said plurality of plug contacts.

5. The communication jack of claim 2, wherein said flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected to said printed circuit board through said plurality of plug contacts.

6. The communication jack of claim 1, wherein said resilient support is conductive.

7. The communication jack of claim 1, wherein said plurality of plug contacts and said resilient support comprises layered plug interface contacts.