US5915993A
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Assembly containing a modular jack and a light emitting diode
Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
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Filing: 1997-02-27
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Granted: 1999-06-29
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Expires: 2017-02-27
Abstract
Abstract An assembly comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second planar surfaces; a light emitting diode (LED) fixed to said PCB; a jack fixed to one of said planar surfaces of the PCB and comprising an insulative housing comprising first and second longitudinal walls positioned such that said second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first and second longitudinal wall in spaced parallel relation and at least one pair of lateral walls is interposed between the first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one traverse plug receiving cavity extending from a substantially open front side of said jack to a rear side of said jack; and a lens positioned adjacent the front side of the jack which conveys or diffracts light from the LED. Relatively little interference with signals provided to the connector results from an LED mounted in this way.
Inventors
- 👤 Yakov Belopolsky
- 👤 Lee W. Potteiger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 06:14
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/717; H01R13/7172; H01R13/7175; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/712; H01R12/716; H01R12/72; H01R12/722; H01R12/724; H01R13/73; H01R13/74; H01R24/00; H01R24/60; H01R24/62; H01R24/64; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
An assembly comprising: (a) a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second planar surfaces; (b) a jack fixed to the first planar surface of the PCB and comprising an insulative housing comprising first and second longitudinal walls positioned such that said second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first longitudinal wall in spaced parallel relation and at least one pair of lateral walls is interposed between the first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one traverse plug receiving cavity extending from a substantially open front side of said jack to a rear side of said jack; (c) a light emitting means fixed to the second planar surface of the PCB; and (d) means for conducting light from the light emitting means to a position adjacent the front side of the jack.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
An assembly comprising: (a) a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second planar surfaces; (b) a jack fixed to the first planar surface of the PCB and comprising an insulative housing comprising first and second longitudinal walls positioned such that said second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first longitudinal wall in spaced parallel relation and at least one pair of lateral walls is interposed between the first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one traverse plug receiving cavity extending from a substantially open front side of said jack to a rear side of said jack; (c) a light emitting means fixed to the second planar surface of the PCB; and (d) means for conducting light from the light emitting means to a position adjacent the front side of the jack.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the means for conducting light includes a light diffraction means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the means for conducting light includes a light pipe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The assembly of claim 1 where there is a cavity interposed between the first longitudinal wall of the jack and the first surface of the PCB adjacent the front side of the jack.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly of claim 4 wherein a light pipe connects the light emitting means and the cavity positioned between the jack and the PCB.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The assembly of claim 5 wherein the cavity between the jack and the PCB has a front side and the light diffraction means is positioned at said front side of said cavity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The assembly of claim 4 wherein the light emitting is fixed to the second side of the PCB and the cavity between the jack and the PCB has a front side and a light conducting means is positioned at said front side of said cavity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the light emitting means is fixed to the second side of the board and the front side of the jack is superimposed over a panel and there is an aperture in said panel and the means for conducting light extends from the light emitting means to said aperture.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein the light emitting means is a light emitting diode (LED).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The assembly of claim 2 wherein the light diffraction means is a lens.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The assembly of claim 2 wherein the light diffraction means is positioned adjacent the front side of the jack.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
118 words
A jack comprising an exterior metallic shielding covering an insulative housing comprising first and second longitudinal walls positioned such that said second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first longitudinal wall in spaced parallel relation and at least one pair of lateral walls is interposed between the first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one traverse plug receiving cavity extending from a substantially open front side of said jack to a rear side of said jack and a second minor cavity formed in said first longitudinal wall which is adapted for receiving a light emitting means and which has a front end and said front end is at least partially covered with a light diffraction means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
118 words
A jack comprising an exterior metallic shielding covering an insulative housing comprising first and second longitudinal walls positioned such that said second longitudinal wall is positioned over said first longitudinal wall in spaced parallel relation and at least one pair of lateral walls is interposed between the first and second longitudinal walls to form at least one traverse plug receiving cavity extending from a substantially open front side of said jack to a rear side of said jack and a second minor cavity formed in said first longitudinal wall which is adapted for receiving a light emitting means and which has a front end and said front end is at least partially covered with a light diffraction means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The jack of claim 12 wherein the light emitting means is a light emitting diode (LED).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The jack of claim 13 wherein the light diffraction means is a lens.
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