Bix block adapter

A telecommunications interface adapter system, comprising:

• a. modular connection means;
• b. a housing structure enclosing said modular connection means and having a central cavity and a tapered plug end, said plug end having a receptacle structure for connection to the telecommunications interface, said receptacle structure further including a channel structure;
• c. a plurality of upstanding conductive blades spaced a predetermined distance apart and extending from said central cavity through said channel structure to the exterior of said housing structure at said plug end, so that portions of said blades are exposed for mating contact with the telecommunications interface;
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• d. a printed circuit board having means to electrically connect said modular connection means and said blades, said printed circuit board being located in said central cavity.

A unitary and compact adapter useable in the telecommunications field for connecting a modular connector to a BIX-type block interface terminal having electrical contacts, and mating projections, said adapter comprising:

• a. a modular electrical jack assembly having bent wire leads terminating in solder tails;
• b. a rectilinear printed circuit board communicatively connected to said modular jack via said solder tails and having a conductive network;
• c. an array of separated and spacially parallel, upstanding contact blades vertically mounted to one side of said printed circuit board a predetermined distance from each other, said contact blades extending horizontally beyond the periphery of said printed circuit board, said con tact blades being communicatively connected to said modular jack via said conductive network;
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• d. a housing structure having a central cavity enclosing said printed circuit board and said modular jack assembly, a posterior aperture in said central cavity exposing said modular jack for external connection, and a rectilinear, generally planar, and tapered plug extension structure having a partition segment separating said central cavity from the exterior of the adapter and including an array of slots for extension of a portion of each said blade from the central cavity for communicative connection with the electrical contacts of the BIX-type block, and apertures for reception of the mating projections of the BIX-type block, said plug extension structure further having a pair of spacially parallel lip members creating an interspace enclosing said extended blade portions and being for stabilized engagement with the BIX-type block, said plug extension structure being connectible to the BIX-type block for electrical communication therewith.