Abstract:
A progammable power supply for providing a regulated DC output power is disclosed. The power supply provides the output power to any one of a plurality of electronic devices adapted for receiving the output power at an operational voltage or an operational current. The power supply receives a programming signal to maintain the output power at the operational voltage or operational current associated with a particular selected electronic device. Accordingly, by varying the programming signal, the power supply can be programmed to provide output power to any one of several electronic devices having differing input power requirements.
Abstract:
A multi-purpose modular connector includes a female housing having an open end and at least two interior surfaces. A first contact terminal configuration is positioned along one of the two interior surfaces and a second contact configuration is positioned along another of the interior surfaces. A male plug having a first plurality of wires and a second plurality of wires is configured to be inserted in the open end of the female housing. When the male plug is inserted into the female housing, at least one first contact terminal contacts a corresponding one of the first plurality of wires and at least one second contact terminal contacts a corresponding one of the second plurality of wires.
Abstract:
A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination blocks. The wire termination blocks are electrically connected to the connector jacks. Each connector module is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the frame member. A lock selectively locks each connector module to the frame member as desired. The connector jacks and the connector modules are arranged in linear arrays perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
Abstract:
A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination blocks. The wire termination blocks are electrically connected to the connector jacks. Each connector module is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the frame member. A lock selectively locks each connector module to the frame member as desired. The connector jacks and the connector modules are arranged in linear arrays perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
Abstract:
A DSX jack assembly removal system, including an apparatus and a method, which includes a jack mount structure with a front end, a rear end, an upper support and a lower support and a jack aperture, a jack adapted to be slidably mounted in the jack aperture defined between the top and bottom supports of the jack mount structure, the jack including a jack body which defines a plurality of plug apertures sized to receive plugs having tip and ring contacts, and a tool aperture in one of the jack mount structure and the jack body, the tool aperture being configured to allow a jack removal tool to be inserted between the jack mount structure and the jack, such that the jack removal tool may utilize the jack mount structure as a fulcrum in removing the jack from the jack mount structure. The tool may be a bantam jack plug, a screw driver or many other prods.
Abstract:
An accessory for attachment to a portable electronic device is disclosed. The accessory has a housing, a connector, extending from the housing for electrically connecting the accessory to the portable electronic device, and circuitry located in the housing and electrically connected to the connector. The connector is mounted in the housing and is arranged to be movable with respect to the housing. The accessory is particularly exemplified by a plug in camera accessory for a portable telephone.
Abstract:
A connector testing system includes a connector having a top section and a housing having a test channel formed therein, an electrically conductive terminal strip disposed within the connector, a portion of the terminal strip disposed within the test channel, and a bridge clip having a body and a test probe connected thereto. The test probe can include an outer surface having a projection and a probe section that is guided by the test channel to the terminal strip when the test probe is inserted into the test channel. The top section of the connector has a shoulder sized and shaped to accept the projection and the connector including a side wall having a guiding portion sized and shaped to contact the probe section when the test probe is inserted into the test channel.
Abstract:
A telecommunications power distribution circuit board carries a fuse holder for a plurality of GMT fuses through which power is supplied to connectors on a terminal block. Power is supplied to the fuses through a distribution circuit on the board by way of bullet connectors that are attached to the circuit board and plug into holes in a power supply bus bar.
Abstract:
An insulation-displacement terminal contact (1), for example for modular terminals, which has a slotted, sprung contact region as a contact-making slot (3) on a connecting bracket (2), which contact region is surrounded and reinforced by an outer spring clip (4), and which insulation-displacement terminal contact (1) has cutting blades (6) in the inlet region (5). The invention provides for the cutting blades (6) to project toward one another behind their inlet region (5).
Abstract:
A modular communication system, particularly for interior space-dividing wall panels which are serially-connected together to define a plurality of adjacent workstations. The modular communication system is defined by a plurality of prefabricated modules, one of which is an elongate main distribution module mountable within a raceway which extends horizontally longitudinally of the panel. This elongate main distribution module, in one embodiment, has a length which approximately corresponds to the panel length, and has terminals or connectors at opposite ends so that a plurality of main distribution modules can be serially-connected to extend along a plurality of serially-connected panels. The main communication modules define a plurality of telecommunication links (i.e., paths), with each link preferably being defined by eight conductors (i.e., four pairs). The system also includes tap-off modules which cooperate with the main distribution modules to permit one (two in the preferred embodiment) link to be tapped off at a workstation for connection to communication equipment (i.e. a telephone and/or a computer). The tap-off module permits only the selected link or links to be tapped off and accessible at the workstation.