Jason R Cartwright

US Patent:

6398591, Jun 4, 2002

Filed:

Apr 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/299898

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
Ronald P. Locati - York PA
Jason R. Cartwright - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Wallace Fleming - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439 79, 439606

Abstract:

A modular jack for tubular enclosures including an elongate housing formed of dielectric material having a front end, a rear end and a body extending longitudinally between the front and rear ends, at least a portion of the body having a longitudinally extending cylindrical outer surface defining an outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack. The body includes a forward body portion adjacent the front end having a longitudinally extending side wall with outer and inner surfaces and a rearward body portion adjacent the rear end having an outer surface. The inner surfaces define a plug-receiving receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of elongate contact/terminal members formed of conductive material, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion extending through the plug-receiving receptacle, a terminal portion mounted in the rearward body, and an intermediate bridging portion. The contact/terminal members are in their entirety recessed inwardly within the outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack.