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US 2007/0163801 A1Published application
Patch panel with modules
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Coffey, John Schmidt, Bruce Ogren, Karl Peterson
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Abstract
A patch panel includes a back plane having front mounted pairs of termination locations, and an interconnect location electrically connected to each pair of termination locations. The termination locations connect to two patch cords. The interconnect location defines an access device for selectively accessing the termination locations. An interconnect module interfaces with the interconnect location. The module can include test access, power over Ethernet, or circuit protection features.
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A patch panel comprising:
- a back plane having a front major surface and, a back major surface facing in an opposite direction;
- a plurality of pairs of termination locations mounted to the back plane, each termination location including a patch cord access device defining electrical contacts connected to the back plane for electrically connecting to conductors in a patch cord;
- a plurality of interconnect locations mounted to the back plane, each interconnect location defining a card edge socket with normally connected contact pairs connected to the back plane;
- circuitry on the back plane for connecting each termination location of each pair to one of the interconnect locations.
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A patch panel comprising:
- a back plane having a front major surface and a back major surface;
- a plurality of pairs of termination locations mounted to the back plane, each termination location including a patch cord access device defining electrical contacts connected to the back plane for electrically connecting to conductors in a patch cord;
- a plurality of interconnect locations mounted to the back plane;
- circuitry on the back plane for connecting each termination location of each pair to one of the interconnect locations;
- at least one removable circuit module mounted to one of the interconnect locations, the removable circuit module including circuitry connected to interconnect location for connecting to one of the pairs of termination locations.
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A patch panel comprising:
- a back plane having a front major surface and, a back major surface facing in an opposite direction;
- a plurality of pairs of termination locations mounted to the back plane, each termination location including a patch cord access device defining electrical contacts connected to the back plane for electrically connecting to conductors in a patch cord;
- a plurality of interconnect locations mounted to the back plane;
- circuitry on the back plane for connecting each termination location of each pair to one of the interconnect locations, each interconnect location defining a normally closed state, and an open state, wherein in the open state each pair of termination locations are disconnected from one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.