Printed circuit board telephone interface

A pre-wired telephone interface capable of being secured to a telephone mounting bracket, said telephone interface comprising:

• a printed circuit board having an outer configuration which is arranged for mounting on said mounting bracket;
• a first telephone receptacle and a second telephone receptacle mounted on said printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other, said telephone receptacles each having a plurality of pins electrically connected to corresponding mounting plugs of said printed circuit board;
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• a plurality of electrical traces extending along at least one surface of said printed circuit board and electrically connecting the mounting plugs associated with said first telephone receptacle to mounting plugs associated with said second telephone receptacle, with the electrical traces arranged in a predetermined pattern whereby the pins of said first telephone receptacle are connected to the pins of said second telephone receptacle in a predetermined electrical circuit arrangement,
• with said printed circuit board including a plurality of central mounting plug pairs which are spaced apart from each other, extend along the length of said printed circuit board and are disposed between said first and second telephone receptacles,
• with the electrical traces from said first telephone receptacle each extending to one of said central mounting plugs adjacent said first telephone receptacle and the electrical traces from said second telephone receptacle each extending to one of said central mounting plugs adjacent said second telephone receptacle, and
• with each central mounting plug pair electrically connected by a bridging electrical trace extending therebetween along a surface of said printed circuit board.

A pre-wired telephone interface capable of being secured to a telephone mounting bracket, said telephone interface comprising:

• a printed circuit board having an outer configuration which is arranged for mounting on said mounting bracket;
• a first telephone receptacle and a second telephone receptacle mounted on said printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other, said telephone receptacles each having a plurality of pins electrically connected to corresponding mounting plugs of said printed circuit board;
• a plurality of electrical traces extending along at least one surface of said printed circuit board and electrically connecting the mounting plugs associated with said first telephone receptacle to mounting plugs associated with said second telephone receptacle, with the electrical traces arranged in a predetermined pattern whereby the pins of said first telephone receptacle are connected to the pins of said second telephone receptacle in a predetermined electrical circuit arrangement,
• said printed circuit board including a plurality of central mounting plug pairs which are spaced apart from each other, extend along the length of said printed circuit board and are disposed between said first and second telephone receptacles, and
• a bridging pin mounted in and electrically connected to each of said central mounting plugs and extending from an upper surface of said printed circuit board, with each adjacent pair of bridging pins adapted to receive a removable bridging clip and thereby electrically connect a central mounting plug pair together.

A pre-wired telephone interface capable of being secured to a telephone mounting bracket, said telephone interface comprising:

• a printed circuit board having an outer configuration which is arranged for mounting on said mounting bracket;
• a first telephone receptacle and a second telephone receptacle mounted on said printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other, said telephone receptacles each having a plurality of pins electrically connected to corresponding mounting plugs of said printed circuit board, with said first telephone receptacle being a fifty-pin receptacle which is adapted to receive a fifty-pin ribbon connecting jack and with said second telephone receptacle including up to twelve, four-pin telephone receptacles which are each adapted to receive a four-pin telephone jack;
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• a plurality of electrical traces extending along at least one surface of said printed circuit board and electrically connecting the mounting plugs associated with said first telephone receptacle to mounting plugs associated with said second telephone receptacle, with the electrical traces arranged in a predetermined pattern whereby the pins of said first telephone receptacle are connected to the pins of said second telephone receptacle in a predetermined electrical circuit arrangement, and with up to two electrical traces from the mounting plugs associated with said first telephone receptacle each terminating in an electrical connector at one surface of said printed circuit board.