Electrical connector with contacts of multiple materials

摘要

A telecommunications jack, and a method of manufacturing such a jack, are disclosed. In one aspect, the jack includes a housing having a socket sized to receive either a first telecommunications plug of a first type or a second telecommunications plug of a second type having a different arrangement of electrical contacts as compared to the first telecommunications plug. The telecommunications jack also includes a plurality of contact springs exposed within the socket and positioned for alignment with electrical contacts of the first telecommunications plug when the first telecommunications plug is inserted into the socket. At least one of the contact springs remains unaligned with any of the electrical contacts of the second telecommunications plug when the second telecommunications plug is inserted into the socket, and is a resilient conductive material, At least one other contact spring of the plurality of contact springs are a second material having a lower resiliency than the at least one of the contact springs.

主权项

1. A telecommunications jack comprising:
a housing having a socket adapted to receive an RJ-45 plug; a plurality of contact springs exposed within the socket; wherein the plurality of contact springs are resiliently compressible and include a first subset of contact springs and a second subset of contact springs, the first subset of contact springs being manufactured from a first material having a first resiliency and the second subset of contact springs being manufactured from a second material having a second resiliency higher than the first resiliency.