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US 2008/0293296 A1Published application
Modular mounting sleeve for jack
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsM'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Kenneth Allen Skluzacek
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Abstract
A coaxial connection assembly including a coaxial jack. The jack is positioned within a longitudinal opening of a housing. The first end of the jack extends through a first end of the housing and the second end of the jack extends through a second end of the housing. The jack may only be inserted within and removed from the housing through the first end and may be held within the opening by a catch. Rotation of the jack within the opening is prevented. The housing includes a mounting flange extending away from the longitudinal opening. The flange may be adjacent the first end of the housing, and may include an opening for receiving a fastener. Sidewalls may extend from the flange toward the second end.
Claims39
A coaxial connection assembly comprising:
- a coaxial jack assembly with a conductive outer shell with a first end and a second opposite end, the first end defining a first coaxial jack including an insulator and a center conductor, the second end defining a second coaxial jack including an insulator and a center conductor, the center conductors of the first and second jacks electrically connected;
- a housing including a longitudinal opening, the jack assembly slidably received within the longitudinal opening with the first end of the jack assembly adjacent a first end of the housing and the second end of the jack assembly adjacent a second end of the housing;
- the longitudinal opening of the housing including a mating surface and the jack assembly including a mating surface, the mating surfaces cooperating to prevent rotation of the jack assembly within the opening;
- the longitudinal opening of the housing including a catch to position the jack assembly within the opening;
- the housing including a mounting flange extending away from the longitudinal opening adjacent the first end of the housing, the mounting flange including an opening for receiving a fastener.
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A housing for a coaxial jack, the housing comprising:
- a body extending from a first end to a second end;
- a longitudinal opening extending from the first end of the body to the second end of the body, the longitudinal opening sized to receive the coaxial jack through the first end;
- the opening including a longitudinally extending guide to prevent rotation of the coaxial jack within the longitudinal opening;
- the opening including a catch to hold the coaxial jack within the longitudinal opening;
- the body including a flange extending from an outer surface of the body and extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal opening, the flange including an opening to receive a fastener, the flange also including a pair of side walls extending from the flange toward the second end and a channel providing access to the fastener opening defined between the side walls;
- the body including an outer face opposite the flange with a parallel ridge and groove extending longitudinally from adjacent the first end to adjacent the second end.
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A method of assembling a jack pair comprising:
- providing first and second coaxial jack assemblies, each jack assembly including a first coaxial connector end, a second coaxial connector end, and a flat and a groove in an outer shell of the jack assembly, and first and second housings, each housing including a longitudinal opening with a first end and a second end, the opening of each housing including a flat and a catch, each housing also including a first face including a ridge and a groove, the housings being identically configured;
- inserting the second coaxial connector end of the first jack assembly into the opening of the first housing through the first end of the housing;
- engaging the flat within the opening of the first housing with the flat of the first jack assembly;
- positioning the first jack assembly within the opening with the first connector end adjacent the first end of the first housing and the second connector end adjacent the second end of the first housing, with the catch engaging the groove to hold the jack assembly within the opening;
- inserting the second coaxial connector end of the second jack assembly into the opening of the second housing through the first end of the housing;
- engaging the flat within the opening of the second housing with the flat of the second jack assembly;
- positioning the second jack assembly within the opening with the first connector end adjacent the first end of the second housing and the second connector end adjacent the second end of the second housing, with the catch engaging the groove to hold the jack assembly within the opening;
- slidably mounting the first housing to the second housing along the first face of each housing, the ridge and the groove of the first housing cooperating with the groove and ridge, respectively, of the second housing to hold the housing together.
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A jack pair comprising:
- first and second jack assemblies, each jack assembly including a first coaxial connector end and a second coaxial connector end, each of the connector ends adapted to receive and electrically mate with a coaxial connector;
- a housing defining a pair of longitudinal openings, each longitudinal opening configured to position one of the jack assemblies within the housing with the first coaxial connector adjacent a first end of the housing and the second coaxial connector end adjacent a second end of the housing;
- the openings of the housing slidably receiving one of the jack assemblies through the first end;
- each opening of the housing including a flat and the jack assembly including a corresponding flat, the flats cooperating to prevent rotation of the jack assembly within the opening of the housing;
- each opening of the housing including a catch to engage a groove of the jack assembly within the opening through the first end of the housing and prevent removal of the jack assembly through the second end of the housing;
- the housing including a pair of opposing mounting flange adjacent the first end of each housing, the mounting flange including an opening for receiving a fastener.
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A jack panel comprising:
- a panel front with a rear face and a plurality of openings;
- a panel frame with an upper flange and a lower flange rearwardly offset from the rear face of the panel front;
- a housing with a longitudinal opening and a mounting flange including a fastener opening mounted to one of the mounting flanges of the panel frame by a fastener extending through the fastener opening of the mounting flange and engaging one of the upper or lower flanges of the panel frame, the longitudinal opening including a mating surface and a catch;
- a jack assembly positioned within the longitudinal opening of the housing, the jack assembly including a front connector adjacent the rear face and accessible through one of the openings of the panel front and a rear connector extending from an end of the housing opposite the panel front, the jack assembly including a mating surface;
- the jack assembly within the longitudinal opening of housing, with the catch of the longitudinal opening engaging the jack assembly to hold the front connector adjacent the rear face and the mating surfaces engaging to prevent rotation of the jack assembly within the longitudinal opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.