US 6,974,911 B2 · Modular wiring system

Abstract

A modular terminal connector system for zone wiring systems. A patch panel, a zone box, and a cubicle are connected to each other with cables. Each cable carries a single data channel comprising voice and data communications signals, and has one end coupled to a male compound connector and another end coupled to a female compound connector. The male compound connector includes three plugs and the female compound connector includes three outlets, where the plugs and the outlets are arranged in the same configuration such that the male compound connector can be plugged into the female compound connector. The zone box houses a number of female compound connectors, while the patch panel includes a number of ganged zone boxes. The cubicle or workstation can include a cable grommet for securing a female compound connector therein.

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Dependent claims

A building zone wiring system for providing a data connection between a patch panel having a data channel and a workstation, comprising:

a first cable for connecting the data channel with a node, the cable having a first male compound connector for plugging into the patch panel and a first female compound connector for location at the node, the first male compound connector having at least two commercially available plugs, each commercially available plug receiving one communication signal of the data channel, and the first female compound connector having at least two commercially available jacks, each commercially available jack being coupled to a corresponding commercially available plug;
and
a second cable for continuing the data channel from the node to the workstation, the second cable having a second male compound connector configured identically to the first male compound connector and for plugging into the first female compound connector, and a second female compound connector identically configured to the first female compound connector for location at the workstation.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular wiring system

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Abstract

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