Abstract: A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to designs for network jacks which can be used for cable connectivity. In an embodiment, the present invention is an RJ45 jack that utilizes a thin dielectric film between two layers of PICs that provide crosstalk compensation by way of their geometry. Compensation is achieved by way of capacitor plates which sandwich a thin dielectric film. This allows for the layers of PICs to be in close proximity and achieve higher coupling where desired, allowing a greater amount of compensation to occur close to the plug/jack contact point. This can have the effect of moving compensation closer to the plug/jack contact point, which in turn may reduce the amount of compensation needed further along the data path.

Abstract: A female connector including a body having a front wall including an opening for the insertion of a male connector, a back face opposite the front wall, a base wall extending from the back face to the front opening, a gate for closing the opening that is movable between an open position folded down against the base wall and a closed position closing off the opening, and a return spring tending to bring the gate back toward its closed position. The connector also includes a corridor extending along the base wall from the back face to the front opening, the corridor being sized to allow the gate by engaging the gate in the corridor through the back face up to the opening.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to designs for network jacks which can be used for cable connectivity. In an embodiment, the present invention is an RJ45 jack that utilizes a thin dielectric film between two layers of PICs that provide crosstalk compensation by way of their geometry. Compensation is achieved by way of capacitor plates which sandwich a thin dielectric film. This allows for the layers of PICs to be in close proximity and achieve higher coupling where desired, allowing a greater amount of compensation to occur close to the plug/jack contact point. This can have the effect of moving compensation closer to the plug/jack contact point, which in turn may reduce the amount of compensation needed further along the data path.

Abstract: An electrical connector with filtering function includes a high-speed interface, a filter module and a hood. The high-speed interface includes an insulating body and connecting terminals; the filter module is installed at a rear end of a circular cross-section of the insulating body; the filter module includes a lid with output terminals and grounding terminals and a horizontally configured PCB; and the grounding terminals include a first connecting end electrically connected to the PCB and a second connecting end integrally connected to the first connecting end and attached onto the external surface of the lid. The hood covers the lid and has a screw hole corresponding to the second connecting end for a locking screw being screwed in, and press tightly at the second connecting end to achieve the grounding and shielding of the PCB by the grounding terminal and the electrical connection of the locking screw to the hood.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be electrically connected with a mating connector, including an insulating body, having a mating cavity enclosed by a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates, allowing an insertion portion of the mating connector to be inserted backward therein. Multiple accommodating grooves are formed on the top plate and the bottom plate. A front end of each side plate is concavely provided with a groove communicating with the mating cavity. Multiple terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating grooves. A shielding shell is fixed to the insulating body. A mating port is enclosed by front ends of a top wall and two side walls of the shielding shell, and is larger than the mating cavity. Two protective members are correspondingly accommodated in the grooves. A front end of each protective member is spaced from the front end of the corresponding side wall.

Abstract: A waterproof network type board end connector includes an insulative housing including a partition and a protrusion protruded from one side of the partition, and an electrical module mounted in the insulative housing and including a terminal block, a baffle abutted to the protrusion to isolate the mating connection chamber and the positioning chamber, output terminals inserted through the baffle and positioned in one side of the terminal block and input terminals positioned in an opposite side of the terminal block.

Abstract: A communication jack which includes a housing with an aperture for receiving a communication plug, and a circuit board at least partially within the housing. The circuit board includes crosstalk compensation elements. A plurality of plug interface contacts are connected to the circuit board. At least one of the plurality of plug interface contacts includes a contact element layered with at least one spring element.

Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating RJ-45 plug along a longitudinal axis and eight jackwire contacts that are arranged as four differential pairs of jackwire contacts, each of the jackwire contacts including a plug contact region that extends into the plug aperture. A first of the jackwire contacts is configured to engage a longitudinally extending surface of a first blade of a mating RJ-45 plug when the mating RJ-45 plug is fully received within the plug aperture.

Abstract: A connector arrangement includes a single-piece plug nose body defining a cavity in which a storage device is held. The storage device provides physical layer information (PLI) functionality as well as physical layer management (PLM) functionality to the connector arrangement. A pivotable cover for the cavity is attached to the plug nose body by a living hinge. Example storage devices include an EEPROM on a printed circuit board. The storage device is electrically isolated from primary contacts of the connector arrangement.

Abstract: A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.

Abstract: A direct attach media converter is provided. The direct attach media converter comprises a media converter module, a connecting wire and a pluggable transceiver module. The media converter module is configured to transform a RJ-45 interface signal into a pluggable transceiver module interface signal or transform a pluggable transceiver module interface signal into a RJ-45 interface signal. The connecting wire is directly connected to the media converter module and is configured to transmit the pluggable transceiver module interface signal. The pluggable transceiver module is electrically connected to the connecting wire and is configured to receive and transmit the pluggable transceiver module interface signal.

Abstract: Patch cords include a communications cable that has first through eighth conductors that are arranged as four twisted pairs and a plug attached thereto. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, first through eighth plug contacts, and a printed circuit board that includes first through eighth conductive paths that connect the first through eighth conductors to the respective first through eighth plug contacts. The plug further includes a first crosstalk injection circuit between the second conductive path and the sixth conductive path and a second crosstalk injection circuit between the first conductive path and the sixth conductive path.

Abstract: A connector configured to operate in two different electrical performance modes. The connector may include a plurality of connector contacts, a plurality of contact pads, and an insulator having an insulating portion adjacent the plurality of contact pads. The insulator is movable between an insulating position and a non-insulating position. When the insulator is in the insulating position, the insulating portion insulates the plurality of contact pads from the plurality of connector contacts and the connector operates in a first one of the electrical performance modes. When the insulator is in the non-insulating position, the plurality of connector contacts contact the plurality of contact pads and the connector operates in a different second one of the electrical performance modes. The connector may be implemented as a plug or an outlet.

Abstract: A high speed communication jack including a housing including a port for accepting a plug, the port including a plurality of pins each connected to a corresponding signal line in the plug and a shielding case surrounding the housing. A flexible circuit board between the shielding case and the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a first side of the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, and a shielding plane on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side of the substrate.

Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture, a plurality of input contacts, a plurality of output contacts, and a flexible printed circuit board that includes a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of conductive paths that each electrically connect a respective one of the input contacts to a respective one of the conductive pads. The conductive paths are arranged as a plurality of differential pairs of conductive paths, and each output contact includes a spring-biased base and an insulation displacement portion.

Abstract: Patch cords include a communications cable that has first through eighth conductors that are arranged as four twisted pairs and a plug attached thereto. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, first through eighth plug contacts, and a printed circuit board that includes first through eighth conductive paths that connect the first through eighth conductors to the respective first through eighth plug contacts. The plug further includes a first crosstalk injection circuit between the second conductive path and the sixth conductive path and a second crosstalk injection circuit between the first conductive path and the sixth conductive path.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of network communication, and more specifically to networks for crosstalk reduction/compensation and communication connectors which employ such networks. In some embodiments, the present invention employs an orthogonal network implemented within a communication jack to compensate for crosstalk which occurs within a communication plug and at the plug/jack interface.

Abstract: An advanced keystone jack for use in Ethernet cabling systems that enables the display of jack status, IP address, MAC address, power status, equipment type, location of far end, security setting on the jack and security lock-out status of the circuitry. The system is self contained and powered from POE power or a common power source.

Abstract: The present invention related to a signal transmission apparatus of connector that includes a substrate on which multiple signal transmitters are disposed. Each of the signal transmitters is made of at least a capacitor or an inductor and disposed on the substrate by surface mount technology (SMT). The substrate further includes multiple winding coils that are electrically connected to the corresponding signal transmitters individually. The substrate, signal transmitters and winding coils are disposed within a RJ connector. The manufacture of the present invention only requires to dispose the signal transmitters on the substrate by SMT and electrically connect the winding coils to the corresponding signal transmitters so as to achieve the enhancement of the electrical characteristics (RL or IL), stable product quality and increase of production through-put as well as further improve the character of common mode rejection mode (CMRR).

Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing, a plurality of contacts fastened in the housing for mating with a plug, a plurality of terminals for connecting an electrical device, and a magnetic module electrically connecting the contacts and the terminals to form a number of signal channels carrying differential signal pairs. The magnetic module has a printed circuit board (PCB) and a transformer mounted thereon. The transformer is connected in one of the signal channels and comprises an H-shaped magnetic core, a magnetic board a primary coil having a first magnetic wire and a second magnetic wire, and a secondary coil having a third magnetic wire and a fourth magnetic wire. The wires have specific parameters to suit specific needs.

Abstract: Communications connectors include a plurality of “discrete” elements to implement the capacitive and/or inductive components of offending and/or compensatory crosstalk stages. By sub-dividing the crosstalk stages into a plurality of time-delayed discrete elements improved return loss and insertion loss may be achieved for very high frequency signals, without having a substantial impact on the crosstalk performance of the connector.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure related to a plug module including main contacts that connect to conductors of an electrical cable and retractable secondary contacts that connect to a storage component installed on the plug module. The secondary contacts may be releasably latched in the retracted position. The secondary contacts may be biased to the extended position. The storage component may move along with the secondary contacts.

Abstract: A pin structure of an RJ connector includes a base and eight pins. The eight pins includes a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, a fifth pin, a sixth pin, a seventh pin and an eighth pin. One end of each pin has a contact part, and the contact parts are aligned in sequence. The other end of each pin is bent to form an inserting part, and the inserting parts are embedded in the base. The distance between the inserting parts of the third and sixth pins is smaller than the distance between the contact parts thereof. An RJ connector module and an RJ connector system with the pin structure are also disclosed. The pin structure is advantageous for decreasing cross-talk and insertion loss generated in the RJ connector, and further increasing the signal definition and accuracy.

Abstract: A communication jack which includes a housing with an aperture for receiving a communication plug, and a circuit board at least partially within the housing. The circuit board includes crosstalk compensation elements. A plurality of plug interface contacts are connected to the circuit board. At least one of the plurality of plug interface contacts includes a contact element layered with at least one spring element.

Abstract: An electronic assembly comprises a housing, a cover for the housing, a printed circuit board receivable in the housing, and a compliant pin header assembly. The compliant pin header assembly is moimtabie in the housing by inter-engaging features on the header assembly and the housing. The compliant pin header assembly has compliant pins for engaging corresponding features on the printed circuit board to connect the compliant pin header assembly electrically to the printed circuit board. The cover, when the electronic assembly is assembled, engages the housing and also engages the printed circuit board at a location spaced from an outer periphery of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An assembly for use in a system comprising a plurality of pairs of conductors, and a plug/receptacle for terminating the cable at a rear end thereof, a plurality of evenly spaced terminal contacts/tines respectively exposed along a front of the plug body/within the receptacle, arranged in parallel, and a printed circuit board assembly comprising a plurality of pairs of traces interconnecting each conductor of the pairs of conductors with respective ones of the terminal contacts/tines. A center pair of the conductors is attached to a first pair of the terminal contacts/tines and a second pair of conductors is attached to a second pair of the terminal contacts/tines. The center pair of terminal contacts/tines is positioned between the second pair of contacts/tines wherein in operation a current flow in the center pair of terminal contacts/tines is in a direction substantially away from the second pair of terminal contacts/tines.

Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of line wires of communications cable which comprises a dielectric housing; a terminal insert, a contact subassembly and a wire fixture, and a polarization circuit fully covered by the wire fixture it is in a closed or working position.

Abstract: An advanced keystone jack for use in Ethernet cabling systems that enables the display of jack status, IP address, MAC address, power status, equipment type, location of far end, security setting on the jack and security lock-out status of the circuitry. The system is self contained and powered from POE power or a common power source.

Abstract: An audio jack for receiving an audio plug includes a connection hole with a position detection portion and a first audio channel contact portion therein. When the audio plug is inserted into the connection hole to the linking position, a first audio channel connection portion of the audio plug contacts the position detection portion and the first audio channel contact portion. The position detection portion and the first audio channel contact portion respectively have a first distance and a second distance to an opening of the connection hole, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: A high speed communication jack including a housing including a port for accepting a plug, the port including a plurality of pins each connected to a corresponding signal line in the plug and a shielding case surrounding the housing. A flexible circuit board between the shielding case and the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a first side of the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, and a shielding plane on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for controlling electricity usage in at least one building through a jack device to a power consuming device includes passing electric power from a powerline and through the jack device to the power consuming device, sensing characteristics of electricity being consumed by the power consuming device using the jack device, sending messages from the jack device about the characteristics of the electricity being consumed, and receiving messages to control the passing of the electric power through the jack device to the power consuming device. The jack device may use a pulse based protocol in sending the messages and receiving the messages through the powerline.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multiport RJ connector that includes vertically stacked RJ-type female connectors, including from a bottom to a top first, second and third RJ-type female connectors. Each RJ-type female connector includes an opening that houses a plurality of contacts including contact portions arranged side-by-side. Each contact includes a contact pin that extends from the corresponding contact portion toward the bottom of the connector body. The lengths of the contacts pins of the first RJ-type female connector are longer than the contacts pins of the second RJ-type female connector which are longer than the contacts pins of the first RJ-type female connector. First and second complementary interlocking structures are included on opposite sides of the connector body. The first or second interlocking structure of the connector body is configured to mate with a respective second or first complementary interlocking structure of another connector body.

Abstract: A termination unit (144) for use with a system that permits the monitoring of a computer network to perform network inventories. The termination unit takes the form of a cap that engages the termination face of a network jack and has a sensing circuit (246) integrated therewith so that, once engaged with the jack, the sensing circuit is connected to two terminals of the jack. The sensing circuit may include a resistor, capacitor or inductor, any of which provide a known sensing value that is different than a sensed value of an end-user device used on the network, but less than infinity so that the system senses when an end-user device is connected to or disconnected from the network.

Abstract: A network connector includes a housing, an integral printed circuit board in the housing, and a locking mechanism in the housing. The locking mechanism is operative for removably securing an assembled transformer component in operative relation to the integral printed circuit board. Contacts are provided on the integral printed circuit board for contacting contacts of the assembled transformer component when the assembled transformer component is secured in operative relation to the integral printed circuit board. Connector pins extend between a connector in the housing and the integral printed circuit board. Mounting pins extend through the housing from the integral printed circuit board to a position outside the housing for connection to an external printed circuit board. A number of the connectors can be arranged vertically, side-by-side, or both vertically and side-by-side.

Abstract: A connector and method of crosstalk compensation within a connector is disclosed. The method includes determining an uncompensated crosstalk, including an uncompensated capacitive crosstalk and an uncompensated inductive crosstalk, of a wired pair in a connector. The uncompensated crosstalk includes common mode and differential mode crosstalk. The method includes applying at least one inductive element to the wired pair, where the at least one inductive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the inductive crosstalk caused by the one or more pairs. The method further includes applying at least one capacitive element to the wired pair, where the at least one capacitive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the capacitive crosstalk caused by the one or more wired pairs.

Abstract: A receptacle block defines one or more sockets at which plugs may be received. Each socket contains a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts. Each socket also includes a sensing contact that interacts with the second set of contacts to close an electrical switch. For example, the sensing contact can interact with an arm extending from one of the contacts of the second set. Closure of the switch can be detected and interpreted to indicate that a plug has been received at the respective socket.

Abstract: An assembling type terminal device with RJ45 female terminal is disclosed for controlling the power or data connection status of a connector terminal unit by controlling the switch of a relay unit via detecting if a RJ45 female terminal unit receives the power or data.

Abstract: A modular RJ-type connector includes a female receptacle having an internal cavity, and first and second sets of rigid contacts disposed in back-to-back spaced relation to each other and in spaced relation to interior surfaces of the female receptacle that define the internal cavity. The first and second sets of rigid contacts can be disposed adjacent an edge of a support that is positioned in the internal cavity facing an open, plug receiving end of the female receptacle. A male plug can be provided which includes first and second sets of spaced facing contacts that make contact with the contacts of the first and second sets of rigid contacts of the female receptacle when the male plug is inserted in the open, plug receiving end of the female receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical power outlet device and a module thereof. The electrical power outlet device includes an electrical power outlet section and a main body section. The electrical power outlet section has an electrical power outlet unit with a plurality of sockets, and an electric plug is inserted into the sockets and is remained firmly in an electrical power outlet. The main body section is connected with the electrical power outlet section and has a circuit device and an output unit, wherein the circuit device is connected with the corresponding plurality of sockets of the electrical power outlet unit to receive a power signal and converts the power signal to produce a converted signal, and the output unit is connected to the circuit device to send out a converted signal.

Abstract: This device includes two connection units and a compensation circuit provided with tracks (4D, 6D) for connecting these units and with capacitive coupling between at least two of the tracks, including a conductor element (36) exhibiting a surface (49) including a portion opposite a surface of a section of a first of the tracks (4D) and another opposite a section of the second of the tracks (6D) with the conductor element (36) which is electrically insulated from the two tracks (4D, 6D).

Abstract: This invention relates to a connector socket structure, including a main socket structure, two terminal bases, two USB terminals, two eSATA terminals, one first fixing cap, one RJ45 networking unit, one second fixing cap, one rear shell and one front shell, so as to provide a rigid structure for RJ45 networking function and to enable two individual multi-purpose sockets which simultaneously fit standard USB2.0, USB3.0 and eSATA three-in-one connection.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing and at least one inserting pin. The insulating housing includes at least one groove and at least one plug receiving hole. The inserting pin penetrates through the groove, and is secured by a sidewall of the groove. The inserting pin includes a resilient leg for being electrically connected to a plug received in the insulating housing.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a connector for coupling a communications medium to an electronic device includes a common-mode suppression block coupled to a number of connector pins. The common-mode suppression block is configured to reduce common-mode noise coupling between the communications medium and the connector pins in the connector. The common-mode suppression block is further configured to provide substantially no attenuation to a differential-mode signal. In one embodiment, the communications medium is an Ethernet cable and the connector is an Ethernet plug. In one embodiment, the common-mode suppression block comprises common-mode chokes. In one embodiment, the connector is an RJ45 plug.

Abstract: Communications patching devices are provided that include a mounting frame and a first jack that is mounted to the mounting frame. The first jack has a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals and a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of conductive paths that each electrically connect a respective one of the input terminals to a respective one of the output terminals. The printed circuit board further includes a plurality of electronic static discharge circuits, each of which circuit provides a path for discharging static charges to ground. Related methods and RJ-45 jacks are also provided.

Abstract: A connector includes an inner structure divided into first, second, and third components. The first component includes plug contacts disposed so as to form a circular plug face configured for connection to a mating connector. The second component includes a connection block having connection contacts configured for connection of a data line connection. The third component includes a printed circuit board configured to provide an adaptable connecting element between the connection block and the plug contacts. The printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers in a sandwich configuration, the plurality of layers including layers having conductive trace alternating with layers having a dielectric. A first layer having a dielectric is disposed between two layers having conductive trace so as to form a first parallel plate capacitor. A second layer having a dielectric is disposed between two layers having trace so as to form a second parallel plate capacitor.

Abstract: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By including at least one coupling with a different frequency dependency than other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation performance is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts caused by distances between compensation circuitry and the plug/jack interface. Embodiments for decreasing these distances are also disclosed.

Abstract: An active connector assembly for use in a local area network (LAN) including at least one LAN node. The active connector assembly includes an active connector housing, at least one first plurality of first electrical contacts mounted in the housing and arranged for detachable connection with corresponding electrical contacts of at least one plugs, at least one second plurality of second electrical contacts arranged for connection with corresponding electrical contacts of local area network equipment and active power control circuitry coupled to at least some of the first and second electrical contacts, the active power control circuitry being operative for controlling the supply of electrical power over the local area network cabling to at least one node of the local area network.

Abstract: A modular ethernet-connector includes a jack (70) as part of a device (62) such as industrial automation device with embedded Ethernet connectivity (66), and a corresponding plug, the plug (94) being part of a WLAN-stick (82) which includes an embedded Ethernet-WLAN-Bridge (84).

Abstract: A transceiver module, such as a copper transceiver module, that utilizes an example connector structure for receiving the plug of a communication cable. The example connector structure is configured to house a plurality of electronic components in such a way as to efficiently utilize the space within the connector structure itself. In one example embodiment, a connector structure for use in a copper transceiver module includes a body, a first plurality of conductive elements attached to the body, and first and second cavities defined in the body. The first plurality of conductive elements is configured to electrically connect with a corresponding second plurality of electrical elements on a plug of a communications cable. A first plurality of electrical cores and a printed circuit board are positioned in the first cavity. A second plurality of electrical cores is positioned in the second cavity.