US 7,367,850 B1 | ||
Bidirectional communication module jack assembly | ||
Ray Chang, Hsichih (Taiwan) | ||
Assigned to Telebox Industries Corp., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
Filed on Feb. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/708,143. | ||
Int. Cl. H01R 24/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 439—676 [439/540.1; 439/607] | 3 Claims |
1. A bidirectional communication module jack assembly comprising:
a front bracket, said front bracket comprising an elongated face panel, a plurality of openings cut through the face panel
of said front bracket and arranged in line along the length of the face panel of said front bracket, a plurality of mounting
through holes symmetrically disposed at two distal ends of the face panel of said front bracket for mounting, a first side
panel perpendicularly extended along one side of the face panel of said front bracket, a plurality of mounting lugs respectively
perpendicularly extended from one side of said first side panel remote from the face panel of said front bracket, said mounting
lugs each having a locating hole, a second side panel perpendicularly extended along an opposite side of the face panel of
said front bracket, and a springy flange extended from a middle part of one side of said second side panel remote from the
face panel of said front bracket;
a rear bracket, said rear bracket comprising an elongated face panel, a plurality of openings cut through the face panel of
said rear bracket corresponding to the openings of said front bracket, a plurality of locating holes respectively fastened
to the locating holes of the mounting lugs of said front bracket by a respective fastening member, a side panel perpendicularly
extended along one long side of the face panel of said rear bracket and attached to an outer side of the springy flange of
said front bracket, two springy flanges respectively extended from one side of the side panel of said rear bracket remote
from the face panel of said rear bracket and attached to an inner surface of the second side panel of said front bracket,
and two end panels respectively perpendicularly extended from two ends of the face panel of said rear bracket; and
a plurality of jack modules respectively mounted in the openings of said front bracket and the openings of said rear bracket,
said jack modules each comprising:
a front housing, said front housing comprising two parallel rows of mounting slots, a set of terminal grooves formed in each
of the mounting slots of said front housing, an upper circuit board mounting space and a lower circuit board mounting space
defined at a rear side thereof at different elevations in communication with the two parallel rows of mounting slots of said
front housing respectively, two upper insertion holes disposed in communication with two distal ends of the upper circuit
board mounting space of said front housing, two lower insertion holes disposed in communication with two distal ends of the
lower circuit board mounting space of said front housing, a plurality of hooks and hook holes symmetrically formed on top
and bottom walls thereof, a plurality of mounting lug extended from two distal ends thereof for fastening to said front bracket,
and a plurality of top and bottom retaining blocks respectively secured to said front bracket;
a rear housing, said rear housing comprising two parallel rows of mounting slots, a set of terminal grooves formed in each
of the mounting slots of said rear housing, an upper circuit board mounting space and a lower circuit board mounting space
defined at a rear side thereof at different elevations in communication with the two parallel rows of mounting slots of said
rear housing respectively, two upper insertion holes disposed in communication with two distal ends of the upper circuit board
mounting space of said rear housing, two lower insertion holes disposed in communication with two distal ends of the lower
circuit board mounting space of said rear housing, a plurality of hooks and hook holes symmetrically formed on top and bottom
walls thereof and respectively fastened to the hook holes and hooks of said front housing, and a plurality of top and bottom
retaining blocks respectively secured to said rear bracket; and
a first circuit board and a second circuit board, said first circuit board and said second circuit board each comprising two
rows of terminal blocks, multiple sets of conducting terminals respectively installed in said terminal blocks in two reversed
directions, said first circuit board having a front half inserted into the upper circuit board mounting space of said front
housing to force the terminals of the respective terminal blocks into the respective terminal grooves of the respective mounting
slots of said front housing and a rear half inserted into the upper circuit board mounting space of said rear housing to force
the terminals of the respective terminal blocks into the respective terminal grooves of the respective mounting slots of said
rear housing, said second circuit board having a front half inserted into the lower circuit board mounting space of said front
housing to force the terminals of the respective terminal blocks into the respective terminal grooves of the respective mounting
slots of said front housing and a rear half inserted into the lower circuit board mounting space of said rear housing to force
the terminals of the respective terminal blocks into the respective terminal grooves of the respective mounting slots of said
rear housing.
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