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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. 10, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gordon Lok, Montebello, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Inc. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439545 ; 439 79 ; 439942 ;
Abstract
A modular jack includes an insulative housing, a cavity defined in the housing, and a plurality of contacts extending into the cavity for connecting with wires extending from a lower portion of a rear face of the housing. A retaining spacer is integrally formed on a middle portion of the rear face of the housing. The spacer defines a plurality of grooves for snugly receiving a corresponding plurality of wires therein, respectively. The provision of the retaining spacer promotes conservation of space on the PCB on a portion thereof adjacent to the rear face of the housing of the modular jack.