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US 4,978,317 AGranted
Connector with visual indicator
OwnerAlan Pocrassinventor
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Abstract
A connector for receiving a plug to form an electrical connection comprising a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, said front wall having a plug receiving opening therein, and a visual indicator positioned within said front wall above said plug receiving opening such that said visual indicator provides visual verification of the status of the electrical connection.
Claims9
An RJ type modular connector for receiving a plug to form an electrical connection in data communication or telecommunication applications comprising:
- a housing formed by front, rear, top and bottom walls and having a plug receiving opening formed within the front wall thereof;
- at least one light emitting source integrally secured within said housing adjacent the plug receiving opening thereof to provide visual verification of the status of the electrical connection;
- a plurality of conductor wires, including conductor wires from said light emitting source, extending through one of said housing walls arranged in a predetermined spaced-apart array, adapted for insertion within a corresponding array of spaced holes in a printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.