公开(公告)号：US10361514B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15904620

申请日：2018-02-26

Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.

Inventor： Joshua A. Valenti ,  Sean W. Lenz ,  Paul W. Wachtel ,  Robert E. Fransen ,  Satish I. Patel

IPC: H01R13/6461 ,  H01R24/64 ,  H01R13/26 ,  H01R13/6581 ,  H01R12/58 ,  H01R13/6466 ,  H01R107/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.