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US 5,671,273 AGranted
Network interface device having switch
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorTodd C. Lanquist
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Abstract
Disclosed is a network interface device for connecting network wiring to a subscriber's wiring at a subscriber's premises, the network interface device having a door covering a test jack, with means for connecting the network wiring to the subscriber wiring when the door is closed and connecting the network wiring to the test jack when the door is open.
Claims5
A sealed jack comprising:
- a jack having a jack opening sized to receive a plug therein, the jack having a top surface around the jack opening;
- a rib around the jack opening that extends upward from the top surface of the jack;
- a repeatedly closable jack door removably attachable to the jack to close over the jack opening and the rib, the jack door having an underside;
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- a perimeter seal disposed on the underside of the jack door and about the perimeter of the door to correspond to the location of the rib on the jack such that when the door is closed over the jack and rib, the rib contacts the seal to provide a seal around the jack opening.
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A sealed jack comprising:
- a jack having a jack opening sized to receive a plug therein, the jack having a top surface around the jack opening;
- a rib around the jack opening that extends upward from the top surface of the jack;
- a repeatedly closable jack door removably attachable to the jack to close over the jack opening and the rib, the jack door having an underside;
- a trough formed on the underside of the jack door and around the perimeter of the door to correspond to the location of the rib on the jack such that when the door is closed over the jack and rib, the rib extends into the trough;
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- a gel disposed in the trough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.