Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A data communications assembly comprising: a circuit assembly; a shielded modular jack mounted to the circuit assembly and having an opening therein that receives a shielded modular plug; a bracket mounted to the circuit assembly and having an opening therein aligned with and adjacent to the opening in the modular jack; a grounding clip slidably attached to the bracket by folded portions that grip the edges of the bracket, that has an orifice therein shaped to generally match the opening in the shielded modular jack, that has a pair of folded tabs that aligns the orifice in the grounding clip to the opening in the shielded modular jack by extending into that opening, and that has a pair of resilient curved contacts that extend in a direction opposite that of the folded tabs and contact an exposed shield portion of a shielded modular plug.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
A data communications assembly comprising: a circuit assembly; a shielded modular jack mounted to the circuit assembly and having an opening therein that receives a shielded modular plug; a bracket mounted to the circuit assembly and having an opening therein aligned with and adjacent to the opening in the modular jack; a grounding clip slidably attached to the bracket by folded portions that grip the edges of the bracket, that has an orifice therein shaped to generally match the opening in the shielded modular jack, that has a pair of folded tabs that aligns the orifice in the grounding clip to the opening in the shielded modular jack by extending into that opening, and that has a pair of resilient curved contacts that extend in a direction opposite that of the folded tabs and contact an exposed shield portion of a shielded modular plug.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A data communications assembly as in claim 1 wherein the shielded modular connector is RJ-45 and the circuit assembly is a networking I/O card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
124 words
An article of manufacture comprising a resilient metal plate having a jack side surface, a plug side surface parallel to the jack side surface and an orifice therethrough shaped to pass a modular plug, including two tabs along the perimeter of the orifice bent to extend in the direction of from the plug side surface toward the jack side surface, two opposing resilient metal contacts along the perimeter of the orifice bent to extend in the direction opposite that of the tabs and shaped to bear against, without obstructing, the sides of a modular plug, and two folds of greater than ninety degrees along two parallel opposing sides of the metal plate, the folded metal extending in the same direction as the two tabs.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
124 words
An article of manufacture comprising a resilient metal plate having a jack side surface, a plug side surface parallel to the jack side surface and an orifice therethrough shaped to pass a modular plug, including two tabs along the perimeter of the orifice bent to extend in the direction of from the plug side surface toward the jack side surface, two opposing resilient metal contacts along the perimeter of the orifice bent to extend in the direction opposite that of the tabs and shaped to bear against, without obstructing, the sides of a modular plug, and two folds of greater than ninety degrees along two parallel opposing sides of the metal plate, the folded metal extending in the same direction as the two tabs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
An article of manufacture as in claim 3 wherein the folded metal extend by different amounts.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An article of manufacture as in claim 3 wherein the folded metal has slots therein extending from such a fold to the edge of the metal plate nearest that fold.