Modular jack
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsKatsumi KOBAYASHI, Hirofumi ASOH, Nobuo TAKAGI
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Abstract
A downsized modular jack with high surface-mounting performance. The modular jack has a housing and a terminal holder assembled thereto. The housing has a rear wall formed with a terminal insertion through-hole extending through a thickness of the rear wall, and a latch section insertion through-hole positioned beside the terminal insertion through-hole. The latch section insertion through-hole has an engaged portion positioned within the thickness of the rear wall. The terminal holder has a connector terminal extending through the terminal insertion through-hole and a latch section engaged with the engaged portion and positioned within the thickness of the rear wall upon assembly of the terminal holder into the housing.
Claims9
A modular jack comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom wall, a top wall in confrontation with the bottom wall, a first side wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, a second side wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall and in confrontation with the first side wall, and a rear wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall and between the first side wall and the second side wall, a connector accommodation space being defined by the bottom wall, the top wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the rear wall;
- a terminal holder comprising a connector terminal including a plurality of terminals extending in parallel to each other and arrayed side by side in an arraying direction, and a latch section positioned at one end of the connector terminal in the arraying direction;
- wherein the rear wall has an inner surface defining the connector accommodation space, and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, the rear wall being formed with a terminal insertion through-hole communicating the inner surface with the outer surface, and a latch section insertion through-hole positioned beside the terminal insertion through-hole in the arraying direction and close to the one of the first side wall and the second side wall, the latch section insertion through-hole being provided with an engaged portion positioned between the inner surface and the outer surface;
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- wherein upon assembly of the terminal holder to the housing, the connector terminal extends through the terminal insertion through-hole and is exposed to the connector accommodation space, and the latch section is engaged with the engaged portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.