Electrical jack with a plurality of parallel and overlapping capacitive plates
First Claim
1. An electrical jack comprising:
- a housing including;
a first part having a socket formed therein and shaped to at least partially receive a plug electrically connected to a first twisted-pair cable; and
a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots;
a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including (i) resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket, (ii) insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots and shaped to receive end sections of insulated conductors of a second twisted-pair cable, and (iii) midsections electrically connecting between the spring finger contacts and the insulation displacement contacts; and
a plurality of capacitive plates, each of the plurality of capacitive plates electrically coupled to a different one of the electrically conductive contacts, the plurality of capacitive plates including at least a first capacitive plate and a second capacitive plate electrically connected to adjacent electrically conductive contacts, wherein the first capacitive plate and the second capacitive plate are of different sizes and positioned parallel to each other and at least partially overlap.
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Abstract
An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, including a first part having a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable; insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots for effecting electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the second data cable; and mid sections extending therebetween, wherein relative movement between the mid sections of the contacts is inhibited by a fastener.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical jack comprising:
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a housing including; a first part having a socket formed therein and shaped to at least partially receive a plug electrically connected to a first twisted-pair cable; and a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots; a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including (i) resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket, (ii) insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots and shaped to receive end sections of insulated conductors of a second twisted-pair cable, and (iii) midsections electrically connecting between the spring finger contacts and the insulation displacement contacts; and a plurality of capacitive plates, each of the plurality of capacitive plates electrically coupled to a different one of the electrically conductive contacts, the plurality of capacitive plates including at least a first capacitive plate and a second capacitive plate electrically connected to adjacent electrically conductive contacts, wherein the first capacitive plate and the second capacitive plate are of different sizes and positioned parallel to each other and at least partially overlap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electrical jack comprising:
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a housing including; a first part having a socket formed therein and shaped to at least partially receive a plug electrically connected to a first twisted-pair cable; and a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots; first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth consecutively arranged electrically conductive contacts each including (i) a resiliently compressible spring finger contact extending into the socket, (ii) an insulation displacement contact seated in a corresponding insulation displacement contact slot and shaped to receive an end section of an insulated conductor of a second twisted-pair cable, and (iii) a midsection electrically connecting between corresponding spring finger contact and insulation displacement contact; and a plurality of capacitive plates, each of the plurality of capacitive plates electrically coupled to a different one of the electrically conductive contacts, the plurality of capacitive plates including at least a first capacitive plate and a second capacitive plate electrically connected to adjacent ones of the electrically conductive contacts, wherein the first capacitive plate and the second capacitive plate are of different sizes and positioned parallel to each other and at least partially overlap. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification