Modular jack type connector

A modular jack type connector, comprising;

• a dielectric housing means defining a plug-receiving cavity;
• a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing means and including spring beam contact portions extending in cantilever fashion in a single row within the plug-receiving cavity, terminal portions projecting from the housing means, and intermediate portions between the contact portions and the terminal portions;
• enlarged sections of the intermediate portions of at least one pair of terminals overlapping each other in a plane generally parallel to said row to define a physical capacitor between the one pair of terminals;
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• first and second planar lead frames, each including a plurality of said terminals and one terminal of said one pair thereof, superimposed over each other on the dielectric housing means, wherein the first and second planar lead frames are identically constructed but are reverse-mounted on the dielectric housing means in a left-to-right direction transversely of the planar lead frames.

A modular jack type connector, comprising:

• a dielectric housing means defining a plug-receiving cavity;
• a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing means and including spring beam contact portions extending in cantilever fashion in a single row within the plug-receiving cavity, terminals portions projecting from the housing means, and intermediate portions between the contact portions and the terminal portions;
• the intermediate portions of at least one pair of terminals being separated from each other in a direction generally parallel to said row with bowed portions joining the intermediate portions and the said terminal portions of said at least one pair, the bowed portions overlapping each other in a direction transverse to said row;
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• first and second planar lead frames, each including a plurality of said terminals and one terminal of said one pair thereof, superimposed over each other on the dielectric housing means.

A modular jack type connector, comprising:

• a dielectric housing means defining a plug-receiving cavity;
• a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing means and including spring beam contact portions extending in cantilever fashion in a single row of a given order within the plug-receiving cavity, and terminal portions projecting from the housing means in a given order lengthwise of said row;
• first and second lead frames, each including a plurality of said terminals and one terminal of said one pair thereof, superimposed over each other on the dielectric housing means, the lead frames being constructed so that said given order of the contact portions of the terminals is the same as the given order of the terminal portions of the terminals;
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• wherein said first and second metallic lead frames are identically constructed but are reverse-mounted on the dielectric housing means in a left-to-right direction transversely of the lead frames.