Stacked modular jack

A modular jack connector adapted for mating with a complementary modular plug, comprising:

• a housing;
• an electrical subassembly received in the housing and defining a receptacle, the receptacle forming a plurality of barriers;
• a plurality of contacts received in the housing and engaging with the complementary modular plug;
• a noise suppressing element retained in the electrical subassembly and electrically interconnected with the contacts;
• and
• a metal liner shielding the noise suppressing element and having a main body defining a plurality of channels cooperating with the barriers of the receptacle of the subassembly, wherein said subassembly having a main body and a projecting portion forwardly extending from a front portion of the main body;
• and
• wherein the contacts are fixed within the projecting portion of the subassembly.

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a housing defining a plurality of mating port stacked with one another;
• a plurality of contacts received in the housing;
• an LED device disposed on a rear portion of the housing with a light portion located essentially at a level of an uppermost mating port;
• and
• a light pipe located on a top portion of the housing and extending essentially horizontally along a full dimension of the housing in a front-to-back direction and terminated at a front face of the housing;
• the electrical connector according further including
• a molded housing in which a pin array is received, wherein said LED is retained in said molded housing and
• an internal printed circuit board attached to the molded housing and electrically connected to the contacts, said pin array and noise suppressing element;
• wherein a noise suppressing element is contained in said molded housing;
• and wherein said contacts, said pin army and said noise suppressing element are mechanically connected to the printed circuit board.