Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display label-attaching structure that has a faceplate panel with a recess formed therein, and a label cover configured to be accommodated and locked in the recess. SOLUTION: The label cover is provided with an engaging projection, and a recess is provided with a locking projection corresponding to the engaging projection. A move slot may be provided to facilitate removal of the label cover. The recess may contain holes to accommodate individual molded display icons. The recess may include tapered corners to accommodate continuous labels of different widths and lengths, such labels being positioned by the tapered corners of the recess and the label cover. The recess includes end configurations that prevent a label from passing through the surface of the faceplate. The label cover has a thickness so as to be flush with the faceplate. The label may be the same color as the faceplate panel. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for locating a device in a network having a source device which is connected to a network path to which a destination device is attached. SOLUTION: A documentation system includes a port which includes an electronic module with an identification code on the network path. The destination device includes an electronic module with an identification code. The source device sends along the network path the query signals addressed to the port and the destination device corresponding to the network path. The electronic module of the data port responds to the query addressed to the data port and transmits its identification code to the source device. A processor and a switch are in communication with the source device. The processor and the switch send the query signals to instruct the source device to interpret the responses. The electronic module is powered by a patch cord. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide intelligent patch panels which support patch cord management in communications networks. SOLUTION: Modular patch panels can be connected to one another for the purpose of sharing power and also for the purpose of monitoring patch cord connections and reporting the status of patch cord connections to a network management system. Each port of an intelligent patch panel may be provided with out-of-band contacts to allow for monitoring and reporting of patch cord connectivity information. According to one embodiment, out-of-band contacts send identification information regarding their associated patch panel ports along a ninth wire of a patch cord. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network documentation and a revision system including first and second devices connected by a path cord. SOLUTION: The first device has provisioning and signal ports with corresponding contact assemblies. The second device has a switch port without a contact assembly. The patch cord has signal and control wires, a first connector which connects the signal wires to a signal port and the control wire to a corresponding contact assembly, and a second connector which connects the signal wires to the switch port and terminates the control wire. The second connector incorporates an indicator to be controlled by a control signal, a detection circuit for detecting whether or not the second connector is plugged into the second device, and an ID circuit for providing an ID number through the first connector. Installation and removal procedures of the patch cord are guided by indicators on the patch cord and the first device without adding retrofitted contacts to the second device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cable tie having a high tensile strength, in which an opening of a strap is arranged underneath of a locking position a rolling element means. SOLUTION: The cable tie is made of metal and having the metal strap 28, a metal head for locking, and the metal rolling element means 32. The head is fitted on the first end of the strap 28, whose second end is inserted into the head. The rolling element means 32 is engaged with the strap 28 to create a locked state by deforming the inserted strap 28 to make it bulge at the opening 36 that is formed on the first end of the strap. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cable tie having reduced thread force. SOLUTION: The cable tie has a strap 104 including the first end and a free end 138, a locking head including a strap-accepting channel 122 and a metal-locking device 136 mounted within a metal-locking device for receiving a cavity 180 of the head, by having a fixed end 134 attached to the support of the locking head and the free end 138 positioned within the strap accepting channel 122. The locking head has a recessed pocket 132, provided in between the fixed end 134 and the strap-accepting channel 122. The recessed pocket 132 defines a thinned support membrane 144 for allowing controlled bending of the fixed end 134, so as to reduce the thread force of the strap 104. Since the recessed pockets 132 opens toward the receiving cavity 180 of the metal- locking device 136, apparent and aesthetic advantages can be achieved.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for monitoring and reporting a cable connection such as a port level connection of a patch panel in real time.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a transmitter for transmitting a local patch panel identifier and a local port identifier on an out-of-band patch cable channel; a receiver for receiving a remote patch panel identifier and a remote port identifier on an out-of-band patch cable channel; a port controller which determines a connection status of a patch code based on the received remote patch channel identifier and remote port identifier and generates a port update status when a change in the connection status of the patch code is determined; and a patch panel controller which receives the port update status and transmits the identifiers and updating including the connection status of the patch code to a network management system.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem wherein improved compensation techniques are needed because recent transmission rates, including those exceeding 500 MHz, have exceeded the capabilities of the conventional techniques. SOLUTION: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By equipping it with at least one coupling with a frequency dependence different from other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts caused by distances between compensation circuitry and the plug/jack interface. Embodiments for decreasing these distances are also disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for managing a local-area communication network and documenting it. SOLUTION: The system has an Ethernet controller and an electric-power forwarding function on the Ethernet as an integrated management component in a cable plant. A power-supplying apparatus and a power-receiving device are deployed by using an active electronic module to enhance management, documentation, security, and emergency 911 aspects of the network, and to extend physical reach of the network. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a modular plug to be used by mounting on an end of a cable in which a nearend crosstalk is further reduced for improvement. SOLUTION: The modular plug 100 is provided with a conductive wire sorting out member 20 having a cable introducing projection and a plurality of sorting out passages, a contact point terminal carrying member 40 having a plurality of penetrated holes and a plurality of slots, and a plurality of contact point terminals, and all the above unties a twist of a twist pair signal wire and regulates each position to reduce a nearend crosstalk. Moreover, the modular plug can be provided with a housing 60, a stress shielding coupling member 82, and a stress mitigating boot 90. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT