摘要 |
<p>A communications adapter (10) for receiving an electrical communications plug-type connector, the communications adapter (10) comprising: a housing (11), the housing (11) including an opening (25) for receiving an electrical communications plug-type connector; a printed circuit board (14), the printed circuit board (14) including electrical traces for providing a plurality of electrical paths from a first end (38) of the printed circuit board (14) to a second end (39) of the printed circuit board (14); a plurality of contact springs (15, 16), each contact spring (15, 16) having a fixed end (22) and a contact end (24) opposite the fixed end (22), the fixed ends (22) of the contact springs (15, 16) being mechanically and electrically connected in a generally linear arrangement to the first end (38) of the printed circuit board (14), and the contact ends (24) of the contact springs (15, 16) generally pointing towards the second end (39) of the printed circuit board (14). The plurality of contact springs (15, 16) include first, inner contact springs (15) that are symmetrical along a first spring central axis of the respective first contact spring (15), and second, outer contact springs (16) that are asymmetrical along a second spring central axis of the respective second contact spring (16).</p> |