Jeffrey E Fleming

US Patent:

6398591, Jun 4, 2002

Filed:

Apr 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/299898

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
Ronald P. Locati - York PA
Jason R. Cartwright - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Wallace Fleming - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439 79, 439606

Abstract:

A modular jack for tubular enclosures including an elongate housing formed of dielectric material having a front end, a rear end and a body extending longitudinally between the front and rear ends, at least a portion of the body having a longitudinally extending cylindrical outer surface defining an outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack. The body includes a forward body portion adjacent the front end having a longitudinally extending side wall with outer and inner surfaces and a rearward body portion adjacent the rear end having an outer surface. The inner surfaces define a plug-receiving receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of elongate contact/terminal members formed of conductive material, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion extending through the plug-receiving receptacle, a terminal portion mounted in the rearward body, and an intermediate bridging portion. The contact/terminal members are in their entirety recessed inwardly within the outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack.

US Patent:

6419526, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Oct 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/169627

Inventors:

Mervin Fair - late of Glen Rock PA
Jeffrey Fleming - York PA
Ronald Locati - York PA
David Barnum - York PA
James Smith - York PA
Patrick Hulbert - New Providence PA
Richard Marowsky - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439206, 439941, 439954

Abstract:

A multi-port modular jack including an outer housing part, inner housing parts arranged in the outer housing part to define plug-receiving receptacles receivable of mating plugs, and an optional shield surrounding the jack. The outer housing part having a top wall, a bottom wall and a front face having a mid-portion arranged substantially parallel to and between the top and bottom walls. The front face defines a first row of apertures between the mid-portion and the top wall and a second row of apertures between the mid-portion and the bottom wall. Each aperture in the first row has a plane of symmetry offset in relation to a plane of symmetry of each aperture in the second row such that only a portion of each aperture in the first row is directly opposite the opposed apertures in the second row. Vents are formed in the outer housing part to allow for the passage of air through the jack. The inner housing parts are arranged in the outer housing part to define the plug-receiving receptacles in alignment with a respective aperture in the front face of the outer housing part.

US Patent:

6554638, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

Oct 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/417644

Inventors:

John Hess - Dallastown PA
Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Wallace Fleming - York PA
Patrick Hulbert - New Providence PA
Ronald Janz - York PA
David Givens - Red Lion PA
Ronald Locati - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 300

US Classification:

439490, 439676

Abstract:

A connector assembly for mounting on a main printed circuit board, comprising a jack defining a plug-receiving receptacle and including an outer housing part and an inner housing part, circuit coupling means including contact portions arranged in said receptacle and adapted to engage contacts of a mating plug when situated in said receptacle and terminal portions adapted to engage the main printed circuit board and being electrically coupled to said contact portions, a light pipe element arranged in said jack being visible from a front face of said jack, and light generating means for generating light and being arranged such that light generated by said light generating means is transmitted through said at least one light transmitting section to said front face of said jack. The circuit coupling means further comprising an internal printed circuit board arranged in said jack and including filtering components mounted thereon, said internal printed circuit board including a wiring pattern for electrically coupling a first set of contacts, a second set of contacts and filtering components together.

US Patent:

62509640, Jun 26, 2001

Filed:

Oct 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/169628

Inventors:

Mervin Fair - late of Glen Rock PA
Jeffrey Fleming - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 13648
H01R 1360
H01R 1366
H01R 2400

US Classification:

439607

Abstract:

A metallic shield for a jack, and a method for joining a shield to a jack using staking posts, comprising a plurality of planar panels, each for overlying an outer surface of a respective outer wall of the jack, a front one of the panels including at least one aperture for allowing passage of a plug therethrough. At least one of the panels has at least one cantilevered spring beam and at least one bifurcated grounding tab connected to each of the at least one spring beam. A post for mounting the jack is formed from the metallic shield material.

US Patent:

6196879, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

May 28, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/322449

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Fleming - Felton PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676

Abstract:

A connector assembly for surface mounting on a substrate including a jack and an optional shield surrounding the jack. The jack includes a housing defining a plug-receiving receptacle, contact/terminal members having a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a terminal portion extending from the housing and adapted to be surface mounted to the substrate, and an intermediate portion between the contact portion and the terminal portion. The intermediate portions of the contact/terminals members are retained or entrapped in the housing in fixed positions such that the terminal portions of the contact/terminals members extend downward and rearward from the housing in a common plane. To this end, the housing includes channels in which the intermediate portions of the contact/terminal members are placed such that the terminal portions extend from the channels at an angle to a bottom surface of the housing. Each intermediate portion has a first surface contacting a surface of the inner or outer housing part at a first location and a second surface opposite to the first surface contacting a surface of the other of the inner and outer housing parts at a second location.