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US 8,573,853 B2Granted
Plug assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsAttila Joseph Ordo, Lawrence Se-Jun Oh, Richard Vincent Lucente, Brent David Yohn
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Abstract
A plug assembly includes a circular plug shell having a cavity configured to receive a modular plug connector therein. The circular plug shell is configured to be threadably coupled to a corresponding circular jack shell. An insert is loaded into the cavity or the circular plug shell. The insert includes an adapter having a one or two piece body having a circular geometry. The body has a connector chamber configured to hold the modular plug connector therein.
Claims20
A plug assembly comprising:
- a circular plug shell having a cavity configured to receive a modular plug connector therein, the circular plug shell having a threaded coupler at a mating end, the threaded coupler being configured to be threadably coupled to a corresponding circular jack shell;
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- an insert loaded into the cavity of the circular plug shell, the insert comprising an adapter having a one-piece body having a circular geometry, the body having a connector chamber configured to hold the modular plug connector therein, the body being configured to surround a plug body and a latch of the modular plug connector, the insert being loaded into the cavity such that the plug shell entirely peripherally surrounds the insert and the modular plug connector along an entire length of the insert and the modular plug connector.
A plug assembly comprising:
- a circular plug shell having a cavity and a main wall extending into the cavity, the main wall having an opening therethrough, the circular plug shell being configured to receive a modular plug connector therein, the circular plug shell being configured to be threadably coupled to a corresponding circular jack shell;
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- an insert loaded into the cavity of the circular plug shell, the insert comprising a stamped and formed metal strap having a one-piece body having a connector chamber configured to hold the modular plug connector therein, the metal strap having stamped and formed walls configured to intimately surround the modular plug connector, the metal strap having a latch retainer configured to hold a latch of the modular plug connector in a depressed position, the insert being loaded into the cavity such that the plug shell entirely peripherally surrounds the insert and the modular plug connector along an entire length of the insert and the modular plug connector.
A plug assembly comprising:
- a circular plug shell having a cavity configured to receive a modular plug connector therein, the circular plug shell being configured to be threadably coupled to a corresponding circular jack shell;
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- an insert loaded into the cavity of the circular plug shell, the insert comprising an adapter having an upper housing and a lower housing coupled together, the upper housing having an upper connector chamber and the lower housing having a lower connector chamber cooperating to receive the modular plug connector therein, the upper connector chamber having a notch configured to receive a latch of the modular plug connector extending from a top of the modular plug connector, wherein the upper housing holds the latch in a depressed position when the modular plug connector is loaded into the upper connector chamber, the lower connector chamber being configured to engage a bottom of the modular plug connector opposite the top such that the lower housing does not engage the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.