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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Oberski, Lucas, TX (US);
Amid I. Hashim, Plano, TX (US);
Scott M. Keith, Plano, TX (US);
Steven W. Knoernschild, Allen, TX (US);
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An inline communications connector is provided that includes a housing and tip and ring contacts that are mounted in the housing. The tip contact includes an input tip socket, an output tip socket and a tip socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output tip sockets. The ring contact includes an input ring socket, an output ring socket and a ring socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output ring sockets. The input tip socket is not collinear with the output tip socket and the input ring socket is not collinear with the output ring socket.