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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Orland Park, IL (US);
Ronald A. Nordin, Naperville, IL (US);
Paul W. Wachtel, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Surendra Chitti Babu, New Lenox, IL (US);
Assignee:
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/24 (2018.01); H01R 11/20 (2006.01); H01R 13/6469 (2011.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 13/719 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H01R 4/24 (2013.01); H01R 11/20 (2013.01); H01R 13/6469 (2013.01); H01R 13/719 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various implementations of communications connectors. In some implementations, a communications plug may include a housing and a body positioned in the housing. A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) may be wrapped at least partially around the body, a and a plurality of metal contact pads may be positioned on the flexible PCB to mate with plug interface contacts (PICs) of a communications jack when the communications plug is inserted into the communications jack.