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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Jamie Ray Arnett, Fishers, IN (US);
Avaya, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A universal modular electrical connector for mounting on either a horizontally or vertically oriented printed wiring board or other circuit components; comprising a jack housing and a spring block. The spring block has at least one array of conductors extending therethrough from a nose end where the conductors extend in cantilever fashion from the block at an angle to form a planar array of spring contacts, to a connection end where the conductors extend from the block for connection to circuit a component or components. The spring block may have an additional second array of conductors extending therethrough in similar fashion to the first array and which is vertically spaced from the first array. At the connection end, each array of conductors is contained within its respective slots in the spring block. The slots are configured with a slanted surface which permits bending of the conductors of the array from, for example, a horizontal position to a vertical position. Thus, the same spring block can be easily configured for application or mounting to a variety of circuit component locations.