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US 12,081,921 B2Granted
Port occupancy detection
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorJan Willem Rietveld
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Abstract
Port occupancy can be detected by positioning signal responders on shutters disposed at the ports. The signal responders are detectable when the shutters are undeflected (i.e., the respective ports are available). The signal responders are not detectable when the shutters are deflected (i.e., the respective ports are occupied). The signal responders may include RFID tags. Each shutter having a corresponding signal responder may span more than one port.
Claims20
A termination component comprising:
- a body defining a port;
- a shutter mounted to the body at the port, the shutter being movable between an undeflected position and a deflected position, the shutter extending across the port when in the undeflected position, the shutter allowing access to the port when in the deflected position, the shutter having an interior side facing an interior of the body and an exterior side accessible from an exterior of the body when the shutter is disposed in the undeflected position;
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- a signal responder mounted to the interior side of the shutter to move unitarily with the shutter when the shutter is moved between the undeflected position and the deflected position, the signal responder being detectable when the shutter is disposed in the undeflected position and not being detectable when the shutter is disposed in the deflected position.
1 more element
A communications panel system comprising:
- a panel including a plurality of plug receptacles;
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- a plurality of RFID tags operationally coupled to the panel at respective ones of the plug receptacles, each of the RFID tags being movable between an undeflected position and a deflected position, each of the RFID tags being readable when the RFID tag is disposed in the undeflected position and not being readable when the RFID tag is disposed in the deflected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.