Stacked electrical connector with visual indicators

摘要

A stacked electrical connector (2) including right angle RJ-45 modular jacks (4) positioned in columns also includes LED's (38) positioned on the front mating face (18) of the connector (2). Internal passages (28) extend from the mating face (18) of the jack housing (18) and intersect channels (34) extending to the bottom pcb mounting face (22) where the connector (2) and jacks (4) are soldered to a printed circuit board LED leads (42) are located in the passages (28) and contacts (44) are located in channels (34). Insulation displacement slots (48) at the top of the contacts (44) terminate the leads (42). The termination points are staggered and the leads (42) in a column are of different lengths so that contacts (44) of different lengths can engage corresponding leads (42). LED's (38) can thus be positioned beside mating openings (20) on the front of the connector (2) to provide status indications.