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US 6,309,240 B1Granted
Terminal strip for maintaining tip/ring orientation standards
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorBassel H. Daoud
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Abstract
An electrically conductive terminal strip for a dual sided wiring connector for maintaining a tip-ring telephone wire orientation standard. The terminal strip is disposed of within a dual sided connector which is mounted on a hinged surface. When the hinged surface is rotated about the hinge axis, the tip-ring orientation is preserved.
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An electrically conductive terminal strip for a dual sided wiring connector, comprising:
- a first wiring point on a first terminal strip portion extending in a first direction from a central region of said terminal strip, said first terminal strip portion having a first inner edge;
- a second wiring point on a second terminal strip portion extending from said central region in a second direction substantially opposite to, parallel to, and offset from said first direction, said second terminal strip portion having a second inner edge;
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- wherein said central region has a first outer edge located nearest to said first terminal strip portion and the distance between said first outer edge and said first inner edge of said first terminal strip portion is greater than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and a center line of said central region and the distance between said first outer edge and said second inner edge of said second terminal strip portion is less than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and said center line.
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A terminal strip, comprising:
- a first wiring point having a first inner edge and extending in a first direction, wherein the distance between a first outer edge of said terminal strip located nearest to said first wiring point and said first inner edge is greater than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and a center line of said terminal strip;
- a second wiring point having a second inner edge, said second wiring point being electrically connected to said first wiring point and extending in a second direction substantially opposite to said first direction, wherein the distance between said first outcry edge and said second inner edge is less than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and said center line;
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- said first wiring point is positioned in a first quadrant on an x-y plane and said second wiring point is positioned in a second quadrant diagonal to said first quadrant on said x-y plane, such that when said terminal strip is rotated 180° about an axis parallel to a z-axis orthogonal to said x-y plane said first wiring point is positioned in said second quadrant and said second wiring point is positioned in said first quadrant.
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A dual sided wiring connector, comprising:
- an upper connector portion, having a first wiring point of a first terminal strip and a first wiring point of a second terminal strip disposed therein;
- a lower connector portion, having a second wiring point of said first terminal strip and a second wiring point of said second terminal strip disposed therein;
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- wherein said respective second wiring points of said first and second terminal strips are electrically connected to said respective first wiring points of said first and second terminal strips and wherein a central region of each said first and second terminal strips has a first outer edge located nearest to said first wiring point and the distance between said first outer edge and a first inner edge of said first wiring point is greater than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and a center line of said central region and the distance between said first outer edge and a second inner edge of said second wiring point is less than or equal to the distance between said first outer edge and said center line.
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A dual sided connector block, comprising:
- a rotatable substantially flat base having a first side and a second side opposite said first side, said first side accessible when said substantially flat base is in a first position and said second side accessible when said substantially flat base is rotated 180° to a second position;
- a first array of connectors on said first side, each connector having a first tip wiring point and a first ring wiring point;
- a second array of connectors on said second side, each connector having a second tip wiring point and a second ring wiring point;
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- an electrical connection connecting said first tip wiring point of each connector of said first array with said second tip wiring point of a matching connector of said second array, and an electrical connection connecting said first ring wiring point of each connector of said first array to with said second ring wiring point of a matching connector of said second array;
- such that when said substantially flat base is in said first position said first tip and ring wiring points of said connectors of said first array are positioned in a standard orientation and when said substantially flat base is in said second position said second tip and ring wiring points of said connectors of said second array are positioned in said standard orientation.
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