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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Stephen Scott Herndon, Danville, VA (US);
Robert Jeffrey Burwell, Staley, NC (US);
Joseph Edward Geniac, Greensboro, NC (US);
Christine Anne Dooley, Lewisville, NC (US);
Stephen Scott Herndon, Danville, VA (US);
Robert Jeffrey Burwell, Staley, NC (US);
Joseph Edward Geniac, Greensboro, NC (US);
Christine Anne Dooley, Lewisville, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A module assembly includes an interface module including a housing having a plurality of jack cavities and associated jack latch openings. The housing is configured to be mated with a patch panel. The module assembly also includes a plurality of modular jacks that are directly inserted into corresponding jack cavities. Each modular jack includes a single latch arm that engages the jack latch opening to retain the modular jack in the jack cavity. Optionally, each modular jack may include a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the latch arm extends from the top surface and wherein the bottom surface is planar. The bottom surface may rest flush with a bottom wall of the jack cavity.