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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Robert Ray Goodrich, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael Walter Canning, Plano, TX (US);
Amid I. Hashim, Plano, TX (US);
Wayne D. Larsen, Wylie, TX (US);
Nhan Huynh, Plano, TX (US);
Robert Ray Goodrich, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael Walter Canning, Plano, TX (US);
Amid I. Hashim, Plano, TX (US);
Wayne D. Larsen, Wylie, TX (US);
Nhan Huynh, Plano, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Communications connectors are provided that include a printed circuit board that has a top side and a bottom side. These connectors each include a housing that receives at least a portion of the printed circuit board. The connectors include first through eighth input contacts that are mounted on the printed circuit board and first through eighth output contacts that are likewise mounted on the printed circuit board. The connectors further include a board edge termination assembly that has an opening that receives an edge of the printed circuit board. The board edge termination assembly has a body that is configured to receive a communications cable having at least eight conductors and to electrically connect the eight conductors to respective ones of the first through eighth output contacts.