Electrical connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorHoward Reynolds
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Abstract
A panel mounted angled modular jack assembly allows a mating modular plug to be inserted at an angle to the panel while permitting the jack contact assembly to be inserted perpendicular to the panel. A printed circuit board terminating ends of the contacts is mounted parallel to the panel allowing conductors to be terminated on an insulation displacement strip located on the board terminal in a direction perpendicular to the board and the jack mounting panel.
Claims9
An electrical connector, comprising a hosing substantially rectangular housing having substantially parallel top and bottom walls a front wall joining said top and bottom walls and defining an aperture for receipt of an electrical plug insertable at the front of said connector in a direction parallel to a first axis at an angle less than 90.degree. to the plane of the front wall, an elongate contact having a non-contact establishing portion which is parallel to a second axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the front wall, a spring portion, and a contact establishing portion for establishing contact with an inserted plug, wherein
- said contact establishing portion is at an angle to said non-contact establishing portion and is biased by said spring portion away from said non-contact establishing portion, and
- an upper end of said contact establishing portion is biased against a retainer, and wherein said contact establishing portion comprises a first portion and a second portion which are at an angle to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.