This present application is related to a U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/232,879, invented by Iosif R. Korsunsky et al., filed on Aug. 29, 2002, entitled “MODULAR JACK ASSEMBLY HAVING IMPROVED POSITIONING MEANS”; Ser. No. 10/234,567 filed Sep. 3, 2002, invented by Leonard Kay Espenshade, entitled “SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING RELIABLE GROUNDING CAPABILITIES”; an unknown application serial number, invented by Leonard Kay Espenshade and Kevin Eugene Walker, entitled “STACKED CONNECTOR WITH LEDS”; application Ser. No. 10/236,614 filed Sep. 6, 2002, invented by Leonard Kay Espenshade and Kevin Eugene Walker, entitled “STACKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING EASILY DETACHABLE ELECTRONIC MODULE; application Ser. No. 10/236,615 filed Sep. 6, 2002, invented by Leonard Kay Espenshade and Kevin Eugene Walker, entitled “ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING GROUND MEMBER”; and an unknown application serial number, invented by Kevin Eugene Walker, James Henry Hyland, Tod Martin Harlan and Robert William Brown, entitled “STACKED CONNECTOR WITH PLASTIC PART ASSEMBLED THERETO” contemporaneously filed and assigned to the common assignee. Copies of the specifications are hereto attached.
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