Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication connectors having switchable electrical performance characteristics
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Application No.: US15013722Application Date: 2016-02-02
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Publication No.: US09793663B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Poulsen , Gregory Hammond , Jon Clark Riley , Franklin Conrad Marti
- Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Agent George C. Rondeau, Jr.; Heather M. Colburn
- Main IPC: H01R29/00
- IPC: H01R29/00 ; H01R24/64 ; H01R13/659 ; H01R13/70 ; H01R13/66 ; H01R13/71

Abstract:
A connector configured to operate in two different electrical performance modes. The connector may include a plurality of connector contacts, a plurality of contact pads, and an insulator having an insulating portion adjacent the plurality of contact pads. The insulator is movable between an insulating position and a non-insulating position. When the insulator is in the insulating position, the insulating portion insulates the plurality of contact pads from the plurality of connector contacts and the connector operates in a first one of the electrical performance modes. When the insulator is in the non-insulating position, the plurality of connector contacts contact the plurality of contact pads and the connector operates in a different second one of the electrical performance modes. The connector may be implemented as a plug or an outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160149352A1 COMMUNICATION CONNECTORS HAVING SWITCHABLE ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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