Amphenol Corporation

Bonita Lynn Rose

Kamal Shawiky Boutros

An RJ contact module includes a plurality of RJ contacts, a plurality of contact tails separate from the RJ contacts, and a plurality of filtering and isolation components. The ends of the RJ contacts that are opposite the mating ends of the contacts, and the ends of the contact tails that extend into the connector, are either formed into vertically extending wire-wrap terminals to which wire leads of the components may be connected, or solderless contact extensions arranged to engage electrodes on chip-type capacitors or electrodes, with additional solderless connections being provided as necessary between the components, and between the components and a shield or ground plate external to the module. The RJ contact module may be inserted into a multiport connector housing including at least two rows of RJ ports isolated by an intermediate shield plate to which components in the modules are connected.

RJ contact/filter modules and multiport filter connector utilizing such modules

A circuit board mounted electrical connector includes a main housing, a secondary housing containing transformer and/or filter components, means for securing the main housing to the secondary housing, and terminal structures for connecting the windings of the transformer and/or filter components to the connector mating contacts and to each other. The mating contacts and the terminal structures may be mounted together on a base module, on an extension of the secondary housing, or separately on the base and on an extension of the secondary housing, while the transformer and/or filter components can be mounted in the secondary housing in a variety of orientations.

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Toronto, Canada

Bonita Lynn Rose