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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:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl G Reed, Clemmons, NC (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439514 ;
Abstract
A connector assembly comprising a modular jack receiving a modular plug for interconnecting multiple contact elements in contact terminals located laterally in a row is disclosed. Nonadjacent contact elements in one of the connectors can be shunted by at least one separate shunting element. Interengagement of the two connectors can shift the shunting element to disconnect the bridged contact elements. The shunting elements are positioned such that a mating connector having a width no greater than the spacing of the shunting elements will not disengage the bridged connection.