Amp LLC

Lynn W Abernethy

Elvert S Watts

An electrical connector assembly comprising a receptacle connector and a pin header is disclosed. The receptacle connector is attached to wires and the pin header can be secured to a printed circuit board. The receptacle connector is secured in the shrouded pin header by a double acting connector latch extending upwardly from one wall of the header housing. Connector latch comprises a yoke section with upwardly extending deflectable arms and a centrally disposed downwardly extending deflectable cantilever beam. The latching protrusion engages a trough located on the exterior of the receptacle connector.

Connector with double acting latch

A module is disclosed in kit form for tapping off selected telephone lines from a receptacle connector connected to respective conductors of a telephone cable. A face plate is mounted over the receptacle connector. The face plate includes plural plug receiving openings opening into a plug receiving cavity of the connector. A two piece plug having opposed pairs of plug contact terminals is insertable through a selected opening of the face plate to connect the plug contact terminals with the receptacle contact terminals. A telephone jack approved for use in the National Telephone Network is provided with insulated electrical leads which are connected to the plug contact terminals.

Line assignment module

An improved jack is disclosed for modular telephone interconnection. One or more shorting components are plugably mounted in a wall of the jack to common electrically selected beam contacts which are mounted in a base portion of the jack which protrude outwardly for plugable electrical connection in a circuit board. The contacts are stamped and formed from metal strip and then stripe plated with gold along the areas to be engaged by a plug type connector intermated with the jack.

Modular jack

An equivalent universal telephone jack is disclosed including a base module on which wire terminations are made without the need for special tools. A variety of covers are interchangeably assembled to the base module, adapting the same for mounting in a cabinet, for providing a series of tap offs along a telephone wiring system or for retrofitting existing telephone wiring systems with replacement jacks.

Wiring module for telephone jack

A telephone jack is disclosed for modular telephone connection. The jack includes an anvil constructed to receive a tool for inserting press fit contacts of the jack into a printed circuit board. A housing containing the contacts is secured to the board with expansible sleeves. Expansion plugs for the sleeves are carried by the housing.

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Advance, NC, United States of America

Lynn W Abernethy