Wire connected modular jack and assembling method
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsWei Che Wang, Chin Te Lai
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Abstract
A modular jack (100) has a housing (1) and a plurality of terminals (5) received in the housing. The housing includes a main body (4), an insert module (2), and a presser (3). The main body defines a cavity (40), a pair of grooves (41), and a pair of slots (42). The insert module has a pair of lead sections (21) slidably received in the grooves and a pair of guide sections (20). The presser has a pair of channels (30) slidably receiving the guide sections of the insert module and a pair of latches (33) reliably engaging with the slots of the main body. The presser further has a pair of blocks (31) abutting against bottom edges of the guide sections.
Claims13
A modular jack for connecting between a mating plug connector and a plurality of wires connected to a circuit, comprising:
- a main body, the main body defining a cavity for receiving the plug connector therein and at least a slot;
- an insert module, the insert module forming a pair of guide sections;
- a presser, the presser having a pair of channels receiving corresponding guide sections of the insert module, a pair of blocks abutting against bottom surfaces of the guide sections and at least a latch engaging with the slot of the main body;
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- a plurality of terminals received in the insert module, each terminal having a contacting section received in the cavity of the main body;
- wherein the plurality of wires electrically connects ends of corresponding terminals to connect the modular jack to the said circuit.
A modular jack comprising:
- a main body defining a cavity, at least a slot and a pair of grooves communicating with the cavity;
- a subassembly, the subassembly having a pair of lead sections received in corresponding groves of the main body and at least a latch engaging with the slot of the main body;
- a plurality of terminals received in the subassembly, each terminal having a contacting section received in the cavity of the main body.
A method of assembling a modular jack comprising:
- assembling terminals into a base section of an insert module;
- electrically connecting free ends of wires to corresponding free ends of the terminals;
- assembling the insert module into a presser by sliding guide sections of the insert module into corresponding channels of the presser in a downwardly direction;
- inserting the insert module into a cavity of a main body with lead sections of the insert module being received in grooves of the main body;
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- engaging latches of the presser with slots of the main body to secure the presser and the main body tightly together.
A three-piece modular jack comprising:
- a main body defining a cavity;
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- a subassembly including an insert module and a presser,
- said insert module having therein a plurality of terminals extending into the cavity, said insert module defining an L-shaped configuration with a vertical section and a horizontal section thereof,
- said presser assembled to the vertical section in a vertical direction,
- said subassembly assembled to the main body in a horizontal direction;
- interlocking means formed on the main body and the subassembly for preventing the subassembly from being withdrawn from the main body in a direction opposite to said horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.