A modular jack (10) mountable to a circuit board (12), with a bottom section (50) of a housing (32) forwardly of solder tails (38) of contacts (36) thereof, being disposed within a recess (52) in the circuit board, whereby the height of the top surface of the jack above the circuit board is minimized...http://www.google.de/patents/US5702271?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5702271 - Ultra low profile board-mounted modular jack
