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US 2025/0350075 A1Published application
Single pair connector module
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsTeresa Agee, Robert E. Fransen, Roman J. Churnovic
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Abstract
A connector module is disclosed having physical dimensions for being installed into standardized, or pre-existing, structures such as a patch panel including pre-populated slot openings. The connector module provides simple field termination for different sized single pair cables using screw-down/cage-clamp for the bare single pair of conductors emerging from a centralized power equipment to be a pluggable mating connector terminating the field wires.
Claims16
An adapter configured to receive a connector jack, the adapter comprising:
- a top surface;
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall opposite the first side wall;
- a front side surface including an opening for receiving the connector jack;
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- a bottom surface including an adapter screw hole configured to receive a screw;
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- wherein an internal cavity for housing the connector jack is formed by at least a portion of the top surface, a portion of the first side wall, a portion of the second side wall, a portion of the front side surface, and a portion of the bottom surface, wherein the connector jack includes a connector screw hole configured to line up with the adapter screw hole when the connector jack is housed within the internal cavity.
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A connector jack comprising:
- a prong housing forming an inner chamber, the inner chamber including at least two prongs;
- a first side wall, the first side wall including a first detent configured to receive a first protrusion included in an inner cavity of an adapter when the connector jack is installed into the adapter;
- a second side wall, the second side wall including a second detent configured to receive a second protrusion included in the inner cavity of the adapter when the connector jack is installed into the adapter;
- a connector screw hole located on a bottom surface of the connector jack, wherein the connector screw hole is configured to line up to a corresponding adapter screw hole on a bottom surface of the adapter when the connector jack is installed into the adapter such that a screw is configured to pass through the connector screw hole and the adapter screw hole when the connector jack is installed into the adapter;
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- a wire opening configured to receive a wire conductor from a cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.