Telephone cross connect panel
AssigneeAugat Inc.
InventorGary J. Gunell
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention provides a cross connect panel in which the cross connect field has mounted thereover a cover member which covers the field of cross connect pins and wires attached thereto, the cover member being pivotably mounted and movable to an open position to expose the cross connect terminal pin field and serve as a jumper tray for retaining the cross connect jumpers while providing full access to the exposed set of terminal pins within the cross connect field. The cover member may be readily detached if desired for removal from the panel. The panel also includes one or more cable guide rings which are adjustably mounted to the panel to accommodate different intended installation requirements, and a moveable tray which can include a circuit directory.
Claims9
A telephone cross-connect panel, comprising:
- a housing having a front and a rear, and defining an enclosure open in said front for accepting a plurality of modular jacks through said front, and for retaining said jacks in said housing;
- a cross-connect terminal array affixed on said rear of said housing, said array including a plurality of cross connect terminals which can be accessed from said rear of said housing for wiring and servicing said terminals and to which said modular jacks can be connected from inside said enclosure;
- a cover member attached to said rear of said housing and movable to a closed position over said terminal array, and to an open position which exposes said terminal array for said servicing and wiring;
- a latching element for releasably retaining said cover member in said closed positions;
- and
- a tray, which includes a circuit identification directory, movably disposed in said housing and moveable from a closed position in said housing to an extended position outward of said housing, said directory being visible when said tray is in said extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.