Backward compatible connectivity for high data rate applications

• US 9,876,322 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2017
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Bolouri-Saransar, Masud, Babu, Surendra Chitti, Wachtel, Paul W., Nordin, Ronald A.
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, HIEN D
• Application Number:
  US15/639,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20170302038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 207 Days
• Field of Search: 439676, 439 761, 439941
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6461 Means for preventing cross-talk
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/703 operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling partH01R13/71 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/00 Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 29/00 Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, programmable connectors
• 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 1/0239 Signal transmission by AC coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10189 Non-printed connector

Abstract

The present invention provides a communication jack for connecting to one of a first plug and a second plug. The jack includes a housing, plug interface contacts, and coupling circuitry. The plug interface contacts are at least partially within said housing and include a plurality of contact pairs having at least a first contact pair and a second contact pair. The coupling circuitry is configured for engaging said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said first plug is inserted into said housing. The coupling circuitry is configured for disengaging from said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said second plug is inserted into said housing.

Claims

1. A communication jack for connecting to a first plug and a second plug, the jack comprising:

a housing including a plug receiving aperture for receiving the first plug or the second plug;

a first plurality of plug interface contacts in the plug receiving aperture for connection to the first plug, a subset of the first plurality of contacts, also for connection to the second plug;

a second plurality of plug interface contacts in the plug receiving aperture also for connection to the second plug, the second plurality of plug interface contacts different from the first plurality of plug interface contacts;

a first circuit board with a first circuit and second circuit, wherein the circuit board is movable between a first position in which the first circuit engages a first set of plug interface contacts and a second position in which the second circuit engages a second set of plug interface contacts, the second circuit is arranged at different place from the first circuit;

a second circuit board with a third circuit and a fourth circuit, wherein the second circuit board is movable between a first position in which the third circuit engages the first plurality of contacts and a second position in which the fourth circuit engages at least a portion of the second plurality of contacts, the fourth circuit is arranged at different place from the third circuit; and

wherein the movement of the second circuit board is caused by the movement of the first second board.

2. The communication jack of claim 1 wherein the movement of the second circuit board by the movement of the first circuit board is via at least one dielectric slider.

3. The communication jack of claim 2 wherein the dielectric slider is mounted to the first circuit board.