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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
David F. Givens, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Leonard K. Espenshade, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A connector assembly ( ) mounted on a printed circuit board for mating with a network cable includes a housing ( ) configured to form two mating ports ( ) for receiving their complementary connectors. A conditioning unit ( ) is mounted into the housing ( ) to be disposed between the mating ports ( ), and includes a circuit board ( ) having conditioning components ( ) and two terminal modules ( ) surface mounted thereon. Each of the terminal modules ( ) has terminals ( ) insert-molded therein and is mounted on a different side of the circuit board ( ) from each other. At least one flexible latch ( ) is formed on the middle portion of one sidewall of the housing ( ) and a notch ( ) is formed at one edge of the circuit board ( ) to be engaged with the latch ( ) to fix the conditioning unit ( ) in position. Thus, the conditional unit ( ) is easily secured to the housing ( ) and the latch ( ) is easily detached from the notch ( ) by a tool.