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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Michel Aeschbacher, Grandfontaine, FR;
Yakov Belopolsky, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brad Brubaker, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Robert E. Marshall, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
John Spickler, Columbia, PA (US);
Bonita L. Wheeler, Red Lion, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A modular jack for housing magnetic components includes a housing which has a plurality of ports each of which can receive an electrical connector. Extending into each of the ports are a plurality of contacts for connecting to contacts of an electrical connector. The ports may be arranged in a stacked configuration in which case the modular jack is a double deck jack. Attached to the housing may be one or more magnetic housing. Each magnetic housing can house at least one magnetic component, which can be a transformer. Preferably, there is a magnetic housing for every two ports, and the magnetic housing houses a magnetic component for each port. Shields an be installed into the housing between the magnetic components in order to provide isolation of the components. A printed wire board can be attached to the magnetic housing, and a contact carrier having a plurality of contacts can be attached to the printed wire board. The contacts of the housing, the contacts of the contact carrier and the magnetic components of the magnetic housing can be in electrical communication through the printed wire board. The contact carrier can be attached to another electrical component such as a printed circuit board.