Title: Modular jack

Abstract: An improved jack is disclosed for modular telephone interconnection. One or more shorting components are plugably mounted in a wall of the jack to common electrically selected beam contacts which are mounted in a base portion of the jack which protrude outwardly for plugable electrical connection in a circuit board. The contacts are stamped and formed from metal strip and then stripe plated with gold along the areas to be engaged by a plug type connector intermated with the jack.

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Inventors: Abernethy, Lynn W. (Advance, NC)
Watts, Elvert S. (Walkertown, NC)

Application Number: 06/108859
Filing Date: 1979-12-31
Publication_date: 1981-06-23
Assignee: AMP INC

Primary Class(es): 439/507 439/554, 439/886, 439/676, 439/188, 439/701
Other Classes: H01R13/703; H01R13/03; H01R13/26; H01R43/16; H01R13/70; H01R13/02; H01R31/08; H01R13/54
US Patent Ref:

T958009	May, 1977	Snyder	339/99R	Electrical adapter
T961003	August, 1977	Krumreich	339/176M	Female connector
3065440	November, 1962	Bonwitt	339/19	Socket connection
3697927	October, 1972	Kunkle	339/19	ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND HOUSINGS THEREFORE
3744009	July, 1973	Teagno	339/17C	PCB SURFACE CONNECTOR
3797108	March, 1974	Healy et al.	296/30C	METHOD FOR FABRICATING SELECTIVELY PLATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
3850497	November, 1974	Krumreich	339/176M	CONNECTOR
4138604	February, 1979	Harmsen et al.	339/278C	Electrical plug-type connector
4186988	February, 1980	Kobler	339/176MP	Electrical connector receptacles

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Primary Examiner: Mcquade, John
Assistant Examiner: Brown, John S.
Attorney: Kita, Gerald K.

Parent Case Data:

This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 966,693, filed Dec. 5, 1978, now aban