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US 7,193,422 B2Granted
Patch panel system
AssigneeThe Siemon Company
InventorsFrank Velleca, John A. Siemon
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Abstract
A patch panel system including a patch panel having a first outlet including a first conductive tab and a device having a second outlet including a second conductive tab. A patch cord has a first plug having a first screen for contacting the first tab and a second plug having a second screen for contacting the second tab. The patch cord includes a conductor electrically connecting the first screen and the second screen. An analyzer is electrically connected to the first tab and detects a connection between the first tab and the second tab along the conductor.
Claims12
A patch panel system comprising:
- a patch panel having a first outlet for receiving a plug, an interior surface of the first outlet having mounted thereon a first conductive tab;
- a device having a second outlet for receiving a plug, an interior surface of the second outlet having mounted thereon a second conductive tab;
- a patch cord having at one end a first plug matable with the first outlet, the first plug having a conductive first screen on an external surface thereof, the first screen for contacting the first tab at the other end a second plug matable with the second outlet, the second plug having a conductive second screen on an external surface thereof, the second screen for contacting the second tab, and a conductor electrically connecting the first screen and the second screen;
- an analyzer electrically connected to the first tab, the analyzer detecting a connection between the first tab and the second tab along the conductor.
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