Front releasable modular telecommunication jack adapter
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsJames J. Johnston, John P. Goodsell
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Abstract
A front releasable modular telecommunications jack adapter having a front part defined by at least one standard modular telephone jack and a rear part formed by a standard modular telephone plug. The plug is connected to the jack by a coupling member which comprises a rearward extension of the jack. A latch member supported on the plug for pivotal movement between latching and releasing positions is resiliently biased toward its latching position. A latch operator which includes an operating handle slidably supported within a slot in the telephone jack has an exposed portion forward of the jack and is connected to the latch member by an elongate flexible cord which extends through the adapter assembly.
Claims18
A front releasable modular telecommunication jack adapter comprising an adapter assembly including an adapter body having a front part defining at least one forwardly open telecommunication plug receptacle and a rear part defining a rearwardly projecting telecommunication plug, a first group of contacts mounted within said plug receptacle, a second group of contacts carried by said telecommunication plug, electrically conductive means for connecting contacts of said first group to contacts of said second group, a latch member supported on said rear part for pivotal movement between latching and releasing positions and biased toward said latching position, a latch operator supported on said adapter assembly for movement between inoperative and latch operating positions and having an exposed portion at the forward end of said front part, and attaching means directly connected to said latch operator and to said latch member for pivoting said latch member from latching position to a releasing position in response to pulling force applied to said latch operator to move said latch operator in a direction away from said adapter body and from its inoperative position to a latch operating position.
A front releasable hermaphroditic modular telecommunication jack adapter comprising a body assembly including an adapter body having a front part defined by a generally rectangular housing having a front wall, said front wall having at least one telecommunication plug receiving opening therethrough and defining rearwardly facing shoulders for cooperating in latching engagement with forwardly facing shoulders on a latch element carried by a modular plug received within said one opening, a first group of electrical contacts including a plurality of resilient wire contacts supported in cantilever position within said housing, said adapter body having a rear part defined by a telecommunication plug, connecting means integrally securing said telecommunication plug to said housing, in rearwardly extending relation to said housing, a resilient latch member integrally connected to said telecommunication plug for generally pivotal movement between latching and releasing positions and resiliently biased toward its latching position, a second group of electrical contacts including a plurality of stationary contacts mounted in fixed position at the rear of said telecommunication jack, electrically conducting means for connecting contacts of said first group to contacts of said second group, and means for operating said latch member including a latch operator having a flexible end portion connected directly to said latch member and a rigid end portion exposed forwardly of the forward end of said housing.
A front releasable modular telecommunication jack adapter comprising an adapter body having a front part defining at least one forwardly open telecommunication jack and a rear part defining a rearwardly projecting telecommunication plug, first group of contacts including a plurality of contacts disposed within said one jack, a second group of contacts including a plurality of contacts carried by said telecommunication plug, electrically conductive means for connecting contacts of said first group to contacts of said second group, a latch member supported on said rear part for movement between latching and releasing positions and biased toward said latching position, and latch operating means for moving said latch member from said latching to said releasing position and including a latch operator having a flexible member connected to said latch member and a rigid member connected to said flexible member, said rigid member having a part thereof exposed at the forward end of said front part.
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