Electrical connector with component package

Details Electrical connector with component package Electrical connector with component package

1999-07-23

2001-08-21

Paumen, Gary (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

With circuit component or comprising connector which fully...

Termination circuit

C439S941000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06276968

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electrical connector and more particularly to an electrical connector which can securely removably receive a component package.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In electronic appliances containing modular jacks, various types of filter and signal conditioning devices are used to reduce or eliminate noise. Such filters may include a three terminal capacitor or a common mode choke coil. A disadvantage in the use of such filters is that they may complicate the production of the circuit board. A need, therefore, has been perceived for providing a simple means of filtering noise in modular jacks.
The use of an integral ferrite element for this purpose is proposed in Japanese Patent Publication 64-2273. This reference discloses a modular jack having a modular insert installed in a casing. The body of the insert is formed with ferrite, and on one side of the insert body insert holes are formed for introducing connecting lines to be connected to respective contact springs.
While this reference would appear to simplify the apparatus used for noise filtering in modular jacks, a need for further increasing the compactness of such modular jacks with integral ferrite elements exists.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,456,619 discloses a filtered modular jack assembly having an outer insulative housing with open front and rear sides. A ferrite element with vertical conductive wires is positioned adjacent the rear end, and an elongated insulative insert is superimposed over the ferrite element. The insulative insert is fixed to the housing, and the conductive wire extends vertically from the ferrite element over the upper side of the insert to its terminal end and then bends downwardly and rearwardly to rest on the top surface of an interior medial wall in the housing. While this reference discloses an invention which increases compactness, a need still exists for a jack which can achieve such compactness while using alternate types of filtering elements which are not adapted to be mounted in the same way as the ferrite element.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/863,654, hereby incorporated by reference, discloses a filtered modular jack assembly. The filter, preferably a common mode choke, sits within a cap that enters the rear open end of the insulative housing. The cap and the insulative insert form a cavity for the filter.
A need also exists for such a jack that can securely removably receive any of a plurality of filter elements or the like as mounted within a component package, especially in the field. Accordingly, if in the field or elsewhere it is determined that one filter element or the like (or any other suitable electric device for that matter) is not desired, the component package there-having may simply be removed from the jack, and be replaced by another component package having a more suitable filter element or the like (or any other suitable electric device for that matter).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, an electrical connector such as a modular jack receives a component package having a plurality of first conductive elements and at least one electrical device electrically coupled to the first conductive elements. The electrical connector has an insulative housing with an interior and an insulative insert with a forward portion and a rear portion. The rear portion defines a recess for receiving the component package therein, and the insert is mounted within the interior of the housing. A plurality of first contacts are mounted to the forward portion of the insert for electrically contacting conductors in a mating connector inserted into the electrical connector. Each first contact extends from the forward portion of the insert to the recess and terminates at a termination in communication with the recess. The termination of each first contact electrically contacts a corresponding first conductive element of the component package as received in the recess.


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patent: 5587884 (1996-12-01), Raman
patent: 6022245 (2000-02-01), Minich
U.S. application No. 08/863,654, Belopolsky et al., filed May 27, 1997.

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