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AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsTodd A. Loeffelholz, Terry E. McClellan, Sara Manderfield, Zakhary Bluband, Par G. Peterson
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A telecommunications apparatus for use with a plug having at least first, second and third pins. The telecommunications apparatus includes a plug connector for receiving the plug. The plug connector includes at least first, second and third electrical contacts for electrically contacting the first, second and third pins, respectively, when the plug is inserted in the plug connector. The plug connector also includes an electrical by-pass pathway that: i) electrically connects the first and second electrical contacts when the plug is fully removed from the plug connector such that a signal can enter the plug connector through the first contact, pass through the by-pass pathway to the second contact, and exit the plug connector through the second contact; and ii) does not electrically connect the first and second electrical contacts when the plug is fully inserted within the plug connector such that a signal can enter the plug connector through the first contact, pass through the plug to the second contact, and exit the plug connector through the second contact.
A method for removing a plug in a cable television system, the plug including an in-pin and an out-pin for allowing a signal to be passed through the plug, the system including a plug connector for receiving the plug, the plug connector including first and second contacts that contact the in and out pins of the plug for passing the signal through the plug, the method comprising:
A method maintaining a signal between first and second outputs of a plug connector, the plug connector including at least first and second contacts and a signal by-pass path, the method comprising:
A method of providing uninterrupted signal communication between first and second connections of a plug connector, each of the first and second connections including a contact arranged to selectively contact a signal by-pass path, the method including:
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