Tyco Electronics Corporation

The Whitaker Corporation

Don Kevin Willis

Kevin John Peterson

Victor Eugene Slack

Randy Gray Simmons

David M Wiebking

Scott C Scholl

A modular jack connector assembly comprising: (a) a dielectric housing having a front and rear orientation and defining at least one receptacle adapted for receiving a mating plug; and (b) a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each contact being secured to the housing at a rear portion thereof, each contact extending forward from the rear portion to a free end such that a portion of the contact electrically connects with a mating plug when the mating plug is received within the receptacle.

Compliant modular jack

An electrical connector includes a housing having a front face and a cavity which is open through the front face for receiving a mating electrical connector. The housing has a terminal support shelf and a wall which is spaced from the terminal support shelf to define a slot between the terminal support shelf and the wall. The slot extends in a longitudinal direction from an upstream end which is open through a rear of the housing to a downstream end which is open to the cavity. The slot has a laterally extending width. The housing carries terminals which extend longitudinally through the slot and which are arranged side-by-side along the width of the slot. The terminals are initially attached to a carrier strip. The terminals are inserted into the slot from the upstream end with the carrier strip leading the terminals through the slot and emerging from the downstream end of the slot, and the carrier strip is removed from the terminals after the terminals are installed in the housing.

Electrical connector assembled with a terminal array that is connected

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Don Kevin Willis