Jack assembly

A jack assembly comprising:

• a jack mount having a front side and a rear side;
• a jack positioned at the front side of the jack mount, the jack including a jack body formed of a dielectric material, the jack body defining a plurality of bores each sized to receive a plug having a tip contact and a ring contact;
• the 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;
• the jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs;
• a plurality of cross-connect contacts;
• and
• a rear interface assembly positioned at the rear side of the jack mount, the rear interface assembly including a dielectric support having a first side that faces the jack mount and a second side that faces away from the jack mount, the rear interface assembly also including a plurality of baluns supported by the dielectric support, the rear interface assembly further including a plurality of coaxial connectors that project outward from the second side of the support and are electrically connected to the baluns, the rear interface assembly further including contact members that project outward from the first side of the support and are electrically connected to the baluns, and a circuit board in electrical contact with the contact members of the rear interface assembly, the circuit board providing electrical connections between the contact members and the tip and ring springs, the circuit board also providing electrical connections between the cross-connect contacts and the normal contacts.

A jack assembly comprising:

• a jack mount having a front side and a rear side;
• a jack positioned at the front side of the jack mount, the jack including a jack body formed of a dielectric material, the jack body defining a plurality of bores each sized to receive a plug having a tip contact and a ring contact;
• the 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;
• the jack including a plurality of normal contacts adapted to normally make electrical contact with the tip and ring springs;
• a plurality of cross-connect contacts electrically connected to the normal contacts;
• first and second rear interface assemblies that can be selectively secured to the rear side of the jack mount;
• the first rear interface assembly including a plurality of wire termination members, the wire termination members being electrically connected to the tip and ring springs when the first rear interface assembly is secured to the jack mount;
• and
• the second rear interface assembly including a plurality of coaxial connectors, each coaxial connector being electrically connected to a balun, and the baluns being electrically connected to the tip and ring springs when the second rear interface assembly is secured to the jack mount.