MODULAR JACK WITH FLEXIBLE SHORTING STRUCTURE

摘要

PURPOSE: A modular jack with flexible shorting structure is provided to electrical connectors and more particularly to modular jacks with shorting bars. CONSTITUTION: A modular jack assembly which includes an interior medial wall (28) with a plurality of spaced apart interior wall extensions to form a plurality of contact receiving recesses, a flexible shorting bar having a first longitudinal insulative strip and a second longitudinal insulative strip. A plurality of insulative spaced parallel transverse strips is interposed between the first and second longitudinal strip. The shorting bar also includes at least one conductive trace having a pair of transverse conductive legs and connecting longitudinal section. This flexible shorting bar is superimposed over the medial interior wall of the housing such that the transverse strips are each positioned in a separate one of said contact receiving recesses.