Molex Corporation

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc.

James Smith

John E Lopata

Richard D Marowsky

Ronald P Locati

Jeffrey Wallace Fleming

Mervin Fair

Patrick Hulbert

David Barnum

A multi-port modular jack including an outer housing part, inner housing parts arranged in the outer housing part to define plug-receiving receptacles receivable of mating plugs, and an optional shield surrounding the jack. The outer housing part having a top wall, a bottom wall and a front face having a mid-portion arranged substantially parallel to and between the top and bottom walls. The front face defines a first row of apertures between the mid-portion and the top wall and a second row of apertures between the mid-portion and the bottom wall. Each aperture in the first row has a plane of symmetry offset in relation to a plane of symmetry of each aperture in the second row such that only a portion of each aperture in the first row is directly opposite the opposed apertures in the second row. Vents are formed in the outer housing part to allow for the passage of air through the jack. The inner housing parts are arranged in the outer housing part to define the plug-receiving receptacles in alignment with a respective aperture in the front face of the outer housing part. Each inner housing part includes contact/terminal members for engaging contacts of a plug insertable into a respective plug-receiving receptacle. The contact/terminal members forming one or more wire pairs may be provided with a double cross over to reduce near-end crosstalk.

High frequency bi-level offset multi-port jack

A right angle connector is adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board and includes a connector housing having a front mating portion, a conductive shield having a shroud adapted to surround the front mating portion, and a tail aligner to support tail portions of terminals disposed in the connector housing. The shield is secured to the connector housing by latching tabs secured in apertures in the housing and includes a pair of ground straps with ground tabs projecting therefrom, each of the ground tabs has a curved end portion that is adapted to fit into holes in the printed circuit board on which the connector is to be mounted. The tail aligner has positioning and mounting tabs that latch into apertures in the connector housing so as to secure the tail aligner to the connector housing. In order to maintain the connector on the printed circuit board until after the ground tabs and the tail portions of the terminals are soldered to the printed circuit board, the tail aligner has two mounting tabs that are adapted to latch into mounting holes in the printed circuit board.

Printed circuit board shielded electrical connector

A shielded electrical connector assembly which includes an insulating housing having a front mating end and a rear conductor receiving end. A stamped and formed metal shield surrounds at least the rear conductor receiving end of the insulating housing. The shield is formed by a pair of interengaging shield halves. Each shield half has a semicylindrical portion projecting from the rear end thereof and combining with the other shield half to form a cable crimping barrel. The barrel is formed by metal of each shield half being folded rearwardly from a front end thereof, through an opening in the rear end thereof, and thereby being integral with the remainder of the respective shield half. The insulating housing is formed by two interengaging housing halves defining a conductor receiving opening at the rear conductor receiving end of the housing. Interengaging beams are provided on the housing halves on opposite sides of the opening to provide lateral support for a cable and interengaging support for the housing halves themselves.

Shielded electrical connector

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York, PA, United States of America

James Smith