Jack assembly
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsRoy Lee Henneberger, James D. Dewey, Ahmad R. Sajadi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a jack assembly including a jack mount having a front side and a rear side. A jack of the assembly is adapted to be slidably mounted in a jack receiving region of the jack mount. The jack assembly also includes a plurality of cross-connect contacts, and a rear interface assembly. The rear interface assembly includes a dielectric cover piece and a plurality of rear connectors that project outward from the dielectric cover piece.
Claims22
(canceled)
A cross-connect assembly comprising:
- a plurality of jacks each including a jack body formed of a dielectric material, the jack body defining a plurality of bores sized to receive standard tip-and-ring plugs having tip and ring contacts, each jack including a plurality of electrically conductive tip and ring springs, the tip springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the tip contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, and the ring springs being adapted to make electrical contact with the ring contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, each jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs;
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- the jacks having different configurations such that the bores defined by the jacks are vertically staggered relative to one another.
The cross-connect assembly of claim 19, wherein the resilient retaining member includes a cantilevered locking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.