Gel-filled telephone jack

Details Gel-filled telephone jack Gel-filled telephone jack

2005-12-06

2005-12-06

Ta, Tho D. (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

With sealing element or material for cooperation with...

Including chamber for contact potting

C439S936000, C379S438000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06971897

ABSTRACT:
An improved gel-protected registered telephone jack includes a cavity in a housing, and a rear opening to the cavity that permits positioning an insert that connects permanent telephone wires to spring connectors. A front opening receives a plug to make contact between wires in the plug and the spring connectors, and a gel on the spring connectors prevents corrosion of the connectors. Guides for the insert are mounted lower in the rear opening than is conventional and the housing adjacent the rear opening extends rearwardly more than is conventional, so the positioned insert is lower and more rearward than is conventional. A retainer binds the insert to the housing and thereby limits fore-and-aft translational movement of the insert within the cavity.

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