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US 10,320,109 B2Granted
Cable terminator
AssigneeLevel 3 Communications, LLC
InventorsSteven Drake, Luke Pearse
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Abstract
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a cable terminator and/or method of using a cable terminator for non-operably securing a network cable at a destination port on a network device. The cable terminator has a body that includes an insert portion and a receiving portion. The insert portion is shaped so that it may be inserted into a port on a network device, while the receiving portion is shaped to receive a network cable.
Claims11
A cable terminator comprising:
- a body having an insert portion coupled to a receiving portion, wherein:
- the insert portion being shaped to be inserted into a port on a network device;
- the receiving portion being shaped to receive a network cable and hold the network cable in place, wherein the receiving portion has a larger cross section than the insert portion where the insert portion is coupled to the receiving portion to create at least one ridge to prevent the receiving portion from being inserted into the port;
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- the body being configured to prevent an operating connection between the network cable and the network device.
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A cable terminator comprising:
- a body comprising an insert portion coupled to a receiving portion, wherein:
- the insert portion being shaped to be inserted into a port on a network device, the insert portion comprising at least one member sized substantially similar to a conventional operable connector but to not interfere with a functional element in the port;
- and
- the receiving portion being shaped to receive a network cable and hold the network cable in place, wherein the receiving portion defines at least one socket, the socket substantially replicating a network cable socket, wherein the receiving portion has a larger cross section than the insert portion where the insert portion is coupled to the receiving portion to create at least one ridge to prevent the receiving portion from being inserted into the port;
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- the body being configured to prevent an operating connection between the network cable and the network device.
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A method of terminating a network cable comprising:
- forming a non-operable connection between a network device and a network cable by:
- inserting an insert portion of a cable terminator into a port, the insert portion shaped to be securely received in the port on the network device, the insert portion comprising at least one member sized substantially similar to a conventional operable connector;
- inserting a connector portion of a network cable into a receiving portion of the cable terminator shaped to receive the connector portion of the network cable, wherein the receiving portion has a larger cross section than the insert portion where the insert portion is coupled to the receiving portion to create at least one ridge to prevent the receiving portion from being inserted into the port;
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- wherein the cable terminator prevents an operating connection between the network cable and the network device.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.