Stacked electrical connector with visual indicators

A stacked electrical connector comprising;

• multiple female electrical connectors located in a nonconductive housing, each said female electrical connector having a mating opening on a mating face of the nonconductive housing for receiving a corresponding male electrical connector therein;
• indicators positioned adjacent to respective ones of the mating openings, each of the indicators having leads extending through a respective passage in the nonconductive housing, each said passage penetrating the housing from the mating face;
• channel means penetrating the nonconductive housing from a second face of the nonconductive housing and intersecting each said passage;
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• contacts located in the channel means and forming an electrical connection with the indicator leads at the intersections of the passages and the channel means, wherein the intersections between the indicator leads and the contacts are staggered, and the contacts extend to the second face of the nonconductive housing for external electrical termination.

A printed circuit board jack matable with a plug, the jack comprising:

• a plurality of terminals positioned within a nonconductive housing, each said terminal having a mating end located adjacent to a mating face of the housing, the housing including a passage extending from the mating face and a channel intersecting the passage and opening on a printed circuit board face of the housing;
• an indicator positioned on the mating face, the indicator having two indicator leads extending through the passage, the leads intersecting the channel, one of the leads being shorter than the other of the leads;
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• printed circuit board contacts extending through the channel and contacting the indicator leads at the intersection of the passage and the channel so that the indicator leads can be connected to printed circuit board traces, wherein the contact which is connected to the shorter lead is positioned in front of the contact which is connected to the relatively longer lead.