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US 2006/0068634 A1Published application
High density mount for a co-axial connector
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsCyle Petersen, Scott Baker
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a connector having a main body portion and a housing portion. The housing mounts over the connector main body. The housing is adapted for securing the connector to another element such as a piece of telecommunications equipment.
Claims37
A connector comprising:
- a main body including an elongated guide rail that projects outwardly from the main body, the guide rail disposed in an axial direction of the main body;
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- a housing that mounts over the main body, the housing including an inner surface that receives the guide rail of the main body to prevent the housing from rotating relative to the main body, the housing also including an outer surface adapted for securing the connector to an opening defined by a piece of telecommunications equipment;
- wherein the outer surface of the housing is adapted to prevent the connector from rotating relative to the piece of telecommunications equipment and includes a shoulder received within a key slot defined by the opening to prevent the connector from rotating relative to the piece of telecommunications equipment.
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A cross-connect system comprising:
- a cross-connect apparatus including a plurality of switching devices, a plurality of connectors electrically coupled to the switching devices, a pin jack unit, and a tracer lamp unit electrically connected to the pin jack unit, the tracer lamp unit being for identifying two switching devices that are cross-connected to each other;
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- a connector comprising:
- a main body including an elongated guide rail that projects outwardly from the main body, the guide rail disposed in an axial direction of the main body;
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- a housing that mounts over the main body, the housing including an inner surface that receives the guide rail of the main body to prevent the housing from rotating relative to the main body, the housing also including an outer surface adapted for securing the connector to an opening defined by the cross-connect apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.