Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a modular jack includes a visual indicator for indicating a condition of an electrical signal, and a body capable of receiving at least a portion of a connector plug. The body has a first outer surface located in a first plane, and a second outer surface located in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane. The body defines a pocket for receiving at least a portion of the visual indicator. The pocket extends into the body from the first and the second outer surfaces so that the at least a portion of the visual indicator can be inserted into the pocket in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the first plane, and in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the second plane.

Abstract: A modular jack for housing magnetic components includes a housing which has a plurality of ports each of which can receive an electrical connector. Extending into each of the ports are a plurality of contacts for connecting to contacts of an electrical connector. The ports may be arranged in a stacked configuration in which case the modular jack is a double deck jack. Attached to the housing may be one or more magnetic housing. Each magnetic housing can house at least one magnetic component, which can be a transformer. Preferably, there is a magnetic housing for every two ports, and the magnetic housing houses a magnetic component for each port. Shields an be installed into the housing between the magnetic components in order to provide isolation of the components. A printed wire board can be attached to the magnetic housing, and a contact carrier having a plurality of contacts can be attached to the printed wire board.

Abstract: A modular jack for housing magnetic components includes a housing which has a plurality of ports each of which can receive an electrical connector. Extending into each of the ports are a plurality of contacts for connecting to contacts of an electrical connector. The ports may be arranged in a stacked configuration in which case the modular jack is a double deck jack. Attached to the housing may be one or more magnetic housing. Each magnetic housing can house at least one magnetic component, which can be a transformer. Preferably, there is a magnetic housing for every two ports, and the magnetic housing houses a magnetic component for each port. Shields an be installed into the housing between the magnetic components in order to provide isolation of the components. A printed wire board can be attached to the magnetic housing, and a contact carrier having a plurality of contacts can be attached to the printed wire board.

Abstract: An RJ series modular jack receptacle. The receptacle could comprise: a housing having a mating face and a circuit substrate engaging face; first and second openings in the mating face, arranged in stacked relation, the height of the housing being less than about 0.9 inch; and contact terminals in each of the openings positioned to mate with mating RJ series plugs inserted into the openings. The receptacle could also comprise: a housing with first and second openings, contact terminals in the first opening; and contact terminals in the second opening positioned relative to the contact terminals in the first opening so as to produce an acceptable level of cross-talk therebetween, such as −40 dB. The receptacle could comprise: a housing with first and second openings; and contact terminals. Adjacent contact terminals maintain a centerline distance, and the offset between the first opening and the second opening is a function of the centerline distance of the contact terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) that may be surface mounted to a circuit board that includes a housing (11) having an outer shielding (40) and mounting posts (32) formed at a base of the connector. The outer shielding surrounds the housing and includes two “T-shaped” extensions (44) that are formed at a bottom of the shielding. The “T-shaped” extensions (44) are bent at approximately a 90° angle with respect to the lateral walls (16, 18) of the housing and through an opening in the mounting posts (32) such that the top of “T” is retained within a groove that is formed in the bottom of each mounting post. The top of the “T” has length that is longer than the diameter of the mounting post (32) such that the ends of the “T” extend beyond the periphery of the mounting post (32), and are longer than the diameter of a receiving hole of a printed wiring board (52) into which the mounting post is inserted.

Abstract: An electrical connector that may be surface mounted to a circuit board that includes a housing having an outer shielding and mounting posts formed at a base of the connector. The outer shielding surrounds the housing and includes two “T-shaped” extensions that are formed at a bottom of the shielding. The “T-shaped” extensions are bent at approximately a 90° angle with respect to the lateral walls of the housing and through an opening in the mounting posts such that the top of “T” is retained within a groove that is formed in the bottom of each mounting post. The top of the “T” has length that is longer than the diameter of the mounting post such that the ends of the “T” extend beyond the periphery of the mounting post, and are longer than the diameter of a receiving hole of a printed wiring board into which the mounting post is inserted.

Abstract: A modular jack has an insulative insert having outer walls defining a first recess therein. The insert is mounted within an insulating housing interior section. A cap having outer walls defining a second recess therein is mounted within the insert first recess so that the first and second recesses together form an internal cavity for receiving an electrical device. First and second elongate portions of a conductive contact together securely grasp the insert outer wall and a bridging portion of the contact resides at the insert outer wall edge. The cap also has a rear wall having a rear face that faces in a rear direction, and the contact also has a rear portion adjacent the cap and facing in the rear direction. The cap rear wall rear face extends farther in the rear direction than the contact rear portion. A grounding shield fits over the jack and has a planar rear panel with a rear face that faces in the rear direction. The rear panel covers the cap rear wall rear face and the contact rear portion.

Abstract: The present invention is a modular jack assembly which includes an outer insulative housing having top and bottom walls and opposed lateral walls while defining an interior section. This housing also has front and rear open ends. This assembly also includes an insulative insert having a top section, an upper side and rear section having a base side and a recess. This jack is positioned so that the upper side of its top section is adjacent to top side of the insulative housing such that its terminal end extends into the interior section of the insulative housing and the rear section at least partially covers the rear open end of the insulative housing. This assembly also includes an electronic component mounted in the rear section of the insulative insert. A conductor is mounted in the electrical insert.

Abstract: A modular jack comprising an insulative housing having a substantially open front side and a rear side and first and second longitudinal walls. The second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first longitudinal wall in spaced parallel wall. A pair of lateral walls interposed in spaced parallel relation between said first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one transverse plug receiving cavity extending from the substantially open front side of said jack to the rear side. A light emitting diode (LED) module is fixed to one of said lateral sides of the housing to allow for easy visibility and reduced interference with signals to the jack. The LED module is also easily removable to allow field replacement.

Abstract: A stacked modular jack connector having low cross talk and low combined stack height is disclosed. Low stack height is achieved by disposing contact terminals for stacked pairs of receptacles in a single coplanar array of interleaved terminals. The arrays are located between the receptacles. One receptacle of each pair is laterally offset from the other. For Ethernet applications, cross talk is minimized by arranging first, second, third and sixth terminals of a ten terminal array into a contact group of the first receptacle and fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth terminals of the array into a contact group of the second receptacle. Circuit board space requirements are minimized by arranging the terminal tails of both groups of terminals in a single line.

Abstract: A modular jack assembly with a flexible shorting bar having a first longitudinal insulative strip and a second longitudinal insulative strip. A plurality of insulative spaced parallel transverse strips is interposed between the first and second longitudinal strips forming a plurality of transverse openings between the first and second longitudinal strip. The shorting bar also includes at least one conductive trace having a pair of transverse conductive legs and connecting longitudinal section. Each of the transverse conductive legs is superimposed over a separate one of the transverse strips, and the longitudinal conductive section is superimposed over one of the longitudinal strips. This flexible shorting bar is superimposed over the medial interior wall of the housing such that the transverse strips are each positioned in a separate one of said contact receiving recesses.

Abstract: The present invention is a modular jack assembly which includes an outer insulative housing having top and bottom walls and opposed lateral walls while defining an interior section. This housing also has front and rear open ends. This assembly also includes an insulative insert having a top section, an upper side and a rear section having a base side and a recess. This jack is positioned so that the upper side of its top section is adjacent to top side of the insulative housing such that its terminal end extends into the interior section of the insulative housing and the rear section at least partially covers the rear open end of the insulative housing. This assembly also includes an electronic component mounted in the recess in the rear section of the insulative insert. A conductor is mounted in the electrical insert.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clip for use in mounting an electrical connector to a printed circuit board (PCB). The clip includes a resilient first panel having a central opening or recess, a second panel also having a central opening or recess and being generally parallel to the first panel, a vertical support connecting the first and second conductive panels, a pair of resilient tin engaging arms suspended over the second conductive panel, and a vertical structure connecting the second panel to the pin engaging arms. Also disclosed is an assembly comprised of the clip as engaged with an electrical connector and a PCB.

Abstract: An improved connector for orthogonally mounting circuit boards. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes 40 female contacts which protrude from the two coplanar triangular surfaces. An additional 40 male contacts are located within channels in triangular projections. Further, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has an additional 16 leaf contacts located adjacent to the inner walls of the triangular projections. Each leaf contact protrudes from the inner wall of the triangular projections and comes into electrical contact with a corresponding leaf contact of a mating connector as the leaf contacts of each connector slide past one another.

Abstract: A system for assessing psychobiological conditions of a subject utilizes a plurality of words which are selected to be in four categories as critical stimuli. The words are presented by a tachistoscope to the subject in subliminal and supraliminal modes of operation. Subliminal stimulation of the subject is achieved by presenting the selected words for an exposure period of approximately one millisecond. The supraliminal exposure time is approximately thirty milliseconds. Prior to stimulation, the subject is diagnosed in accordance with conventional psychoanalytical techniques to establish the presence and nature of a pathological condition. The words are selected and categorized in four groups: pleasant words, unpleasant words, words related to a diagnosed conscious pathological condition, and words related to a diagnosed unconscious pathological condition.

Abstract: A canopy system for deployment around the periphery of a vessel floating on a body of water is disclosed primarily for use in connection with drillships in Arctic waters.

Abstract: To form a map of the characteristics of a microscopic specimen, the specimen is supported on a slide and a point on the specimen is subjected to either polychromatic radiation or a series of monochromatic radiations of varying wavelengths employing a condensing optical system. The resulting radiation from the point is gathered by an optical system and detected either by a single wide band detector in the case of the series of monochromatic radiations or a group of frequency selective detectors in the case of polychromatic radiation, to develop a set of signals having values which are functions of properties of the point as analyzed at the different wavelengths. The specimen is either repeatedly translated relative to the radiation source or imaged once or several times so that a signel set is derived from each elemental point on the area of the object to be analyzed in each spectral band of interest.

Abstract: A multispectral data classification system has an improved apparatus for the identification of training samples of multispectral image data useful in the computation of spectral signatures.A set of multispectral image data is displayed on a user-interactive device in a two-dimensional ordered array. The training sample is defined by the sequential definition of the vertices of a polygon representing the training sample. A rectangle is closely superscribed about the polygon. The data elements within the rectangle are examined to determine if they are within the polygon.The apparatus includes a multispectral data classification system incorporating a color, CRT display for displaying the set of data; a manually-operable trackball cursor interactive with the color, CRT display for defining the polygon and rectangle; an alphanumeric keyboard and monochrome CRT for providing communication between the operator and system; and a random access memory device.