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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve W Haskins, Juliet, TN (US);
John R McFarland, Gallatin, TN (US);
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 90 ;
Abstract
A modular jack for a telephone set comprises a hollow housing having an elastomeric contact member extending across at the junction of the end wall and the bottom wall. The contact member has a plurality of parallel conductive contact members on its surface positioned to make contact with terminals of a modular plug. The contact members also extend out of the housing to make contact with a circuit pattern on a circuit board on which the jack is mounted.