Cross-connect jumper assembly having tracer lamp
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsBruce Musolf, Thomas Good, Richard T. Demulling, Dennis Burroughs
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Abstract
A jumper assembly for a DSX system is disclosed herein. The jumper assembly includes a messenger wire for electrically connecting tracer lamp circuits corresponding to two cross-connected DSX modules. The jumper assembly also includes tracer lamp devices carried with the messenger wire.
Claims34
A device for electrically connecting tracer lamp circuits corresponding to cross-connected DSX modules, the tracer lamp circuits of the DSX modules including pin jacks, the device comprising:
- a messenger wire;
- and
- tracer lamp assemblies that illuminate when electrical current passes through the messenger wire, the tracer lamp assemblies including housings mounted at opposite ends of the messenger wire, the tracer lamp assemblies also including conductive pins that project from the housings, the conductive pins being adapted for insertion in the pin jacks of the tracer lamp circuits.
A device for electrically connecting tracer lamp circuits corresponding to cross-connected DSX modules, the device comprising:
- a messenger wire;
- and
- tracer lamp assemblies that illuminate when electrical current passes in a first direction through the messenger wire and that also illuminate when current passes in a apposite second direction through the messenger wire, the tracer lamp assemblies including translucent housings mounted to the messenger wire, the tracer lamp assemblies also including light omitting diodes positioned within the housings for illuminating the housings.
A device for electrically connecting tracer lamp circuits corresponding to cross-connected DSX modules, the tracer lamp circuits of the DSX modules including pin jacks, the device comprising:
- first and second cross-connect cables;
- an electrically conductive member secured to the first and second cross-connect cables;
- and
- tracer lamp assemblies that illuminate when electrical current passes through the electrically conductive member, the tracer lamp assemblies including housings mounted at opposite ends of the electrically conductive member, the tracer lamp assemblies also including conductive pins that project from the housings, the conductive pins being adapted for insertion in the pin jacks of the tracer lamp circuits.
A DSX system comprising:
- first and second DSX devices cross-connected together by cross-connect cables, the DSX devices each including a front end and a rear end, the DSX devices also each including a tracer lamp circuit including a first tracer lamp and a switch for activating the first tracer lamp, the first tracer lamps being positioned at the front ends of the DSX devices;
- a messenger wire that electrically connects the tracer lamp circuits of the DSX devices, the messenger wire having opposite ends connected to the rear ends of the DSX devices;
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- second tracer lamps mounted to the messenger wire, the second tracer lumps being visible from the rear ends of the DSX devices, and the second tracer lamps being activated by the switches of the tracer lamp circuits of the DSX devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.