Audio visual faceplate with integrated hinged termination method for circular connector
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsJoshua A. Valenti, Robert E. Fransen
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Abstract
A communication system has a support and a communication connector attached to the support wherein the connector assembly has a termination lever. The system can further include a wire cap connected to a plurality of cable conductors. The wire cap can include a cover cap. The cover cap latches to the connector assembly when the wire cap and the plurality of cable conductors is terminated to the communication connector assembly. The support can be one of a faceplate, a patch panel, a surface mount box, or a media distribution unit.
Claims12
A communication system, comprising:
- a support;
- a communication connector assembly connected to the support, the connector assembly including a termination lever having an opening;
- and
- a communication cable having a plurality of wires and a wire cap assembly wherein the opening of the termination lever is configured to engage the wire cap assembly for terminating the communication cable to the communication connector assembly.
A method of connecting a communication cable to a communication connector assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
- wire mapping a plurality of conductors into a wire cap assembly;
- inserting the wire cap assembly through an opening of a termination lever of the communication connector assembly;
- pressing a termination lever of the communication connector assembly;
- and
- terminating the plurality of conductors into the communication connector assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.