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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183462 | Communication cable with improved crosstalk attenuation A barrier tape used as part of a communication cable is described. The barrier tape is provided with one or more barrier layers of discontinuous conductive segments. Conductive segments of one barrier layer are preferably sized and shaped to overlie gaps between con... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182295 | Communication connector with improved crosstalk compensation A communication jack has a housing with a face having a plug receiving aperture. A plurality of conductive path pairs extends from corresponding plug interface contacts located at the plug receiving aperture to corresponding output terminals. A first circuit board i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172602 | Pluggable cable connector A pair manager for use in securing a twin-axial cable to a printed circuit board is described. The pair manager comprises a generally block-shaped portion containing a pair of channels. The channels extend from the front face to the rear face of the block-shaped por... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172470 | Methods and apparatus for measuring insertion loss in a fiber optic cable connection A method and apparatus for measuring the insertion loss of a fiber optic connection is provided. The invention generally comprises a light source providing light to a test connector which contains a juncture of two fiber optic cables. The test connector has one or m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167661 | Method and system for improving crosstalk attenuation within a plug/jack connection and between nearby plug/jack combinations This application describes a jack for improving crosstalk attenuation. The jack has a housing, a foil at least partially surrounding the housing, a printed circuit board, and at least one pair of insulation displacement contacts and vias. Each pair of insulation con... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167657 | Plug/jack system having PCB with lattice network A jack is provided that has compensation and crosstalk zones. At least one of the zones employs a lattice network that couples conductors in the zone to reduce the net crosstalk in the plug/jack system. The lattice network has a frequency response slope that is diff... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157600 | Electric connector and method of performing electronic connection A modular jack assembly having a housing and a plug interface contact (PIC) sled subassembly insertable into the housing. The PIC sled subassembly provides an electrical and mechanical interface between PICs and a male-type plug receivable in an opening in the housi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8128437 | Method and system for reducing internal crosstalk and common mode signal generation within a plug/jack combination A communication connector is described that includes a plug and a jack, into which the plug is inserted. The plug terminates a length of twisted pair cable. The jack includes a sled to support contacts for connecting to wires within the cable, a rigid circuit board ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109784 | Wire containment cap with an integral strain relief clip A wire containment cap for reducing horizontal strain on a cable terminated at a communication jack. The wire containment cap is part of the communication jack and includes a strain relief clip that may be actuated to apply pressure to the cable. The applied pressur... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089976 | Systems and methods for managing a network A system for managing and documenting a local area communications network is provided which deploys power sourcing equipment and powered devices by the use of active electronic modules, having an Ethernet controller and Power over Ethernet forwarding capabilities, a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8052483 | Communication connector with improved crosstalk connection A communication jack has a housing with a face having a plug receiving aperture. A plurality of conductive path pairs extends from corresponding plug interface contacts located at the plug receiving aperture to corresponding output terminals. A first circuit board i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052333 | Reversible fiber optic connector A re-terminable, no-crimp ST-type optical connector assembly includes a spring-loaded ferrule holder assembly and a reusable activation system for termination of the assembly. The optical connector can be terminated by a suitable cam activation tool. The connector i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047865 | Pluggable cable connector A pair manager for use in securing a twin-axial cable to a printed circuit board is described. The pair manager comprises a generally block-shaped portion containing a pair of channels. The channels extend from the front face to the rear face of the block-shaped por... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043125 | Wire containment cap A wire containment cap includes a first side having a plurality of retainers for retaining wires, and a second side opposite the first side. Two sidewalls extend between the first side and the second side, and a support rib extends between the two sidewalls. The sup... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043124 | Modular cable termination plug The invention is a modular cable termination plug having a conductor divider having an entrant barb and a plurality of divider channels, a load bar having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of slots, and a plurality of contact terminals. Additionally, the ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011974 | Patch panel with a motherboard for connecting communications jacks An active jack, which is a powered device, is installed as the network connection at a workstation which provides the capability to determine the physical location of a destination device, such as a VOIP phone, in real time. Uninterruptible power supplies may be use... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011972 | Connector with crosstalk compensation A jack with a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) is provided. The FPC is connected to the plug interface contacts and has a compensation circuit to compensate for near-end crosstalk (NEXT) and far-end crosstalk (FEXT). Capacitive and inductive compensation in the ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005336 | Activation tool for a fiber optic connector An activation tool used to terminate a pre-polished, no-crimp fiber optic connector. The tool holds and positions a suitable fiber optic connector, such as an ST-type Opti-Cam connector. A lever on the tool activates a connector cam mechanism to effectuate terminati... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002590 | Electric connector and method of performing electronic connection A modular jack assembly having a housing and a plug interface contact (PIC) sled subassembly insertable into the housing. The PIC sled subassembly provides an electrical and mechanical interface between PICs and a male-type plug receivable in an opening in the housi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002476 | Reversible fiber optic stub clamping mechanism A fiber optic stub fiber connector for reversibly and nondestructively terminating an inserted field fiber having a buffer over at least a portion thereof. The connector includes a housing and a ferrule including a stub fiber disposed within and extending from a bor... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994929 | Power patch panel with guided MAC capability A method and apparatus are provided for incorporating guided network cable Move/Add/Change (MAC) work order capability into a power patch panel. MAC work orders may be controlled and monitored using in-band signaling using, e.g., standard RJ-45 patch cords. Cable de... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993143 | Powered patch panel A powered communications patch panel is adapted to power network devices connected to the communications patch panel. Power is supplied to the network devices by the powered communications patch panel over the communication cabling. The powered communications patch ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992279 | Releasable barb assembly The embodiments provide a barb assembly for use with a cable duct component to oppose removal of a cable duct section from the cable duct component. The barb assembly can comprise a releasable assembly for applying a force to a barb and, responsive to the applicatio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980901 | Communications connector with improved contacts A communication jack is provided with plug interface contacts that have a short conductive signal pathway between a plug-jack interface and crosstalk compensation provided on a printed circuit board within the jack. Contacts of the jack are specially designed not to... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980889 | Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity such as patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time basis. For patch panel systems, the approach is based upon a distributed architecture that may be modularly scalable and ma... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969320 | Systems and methods for detecting a patch cord end connection Systems and methods for detecting a patch cord connection are presented. The insertion of a patch cord into a device jack physically closes a circuit, thereby permitting determination of the patch cord connection. The connection of only one side of a patch cord to a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959460 | Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision Intelligent patch panels support patch cord management in communications networks. Modular patch panels can be connected to one another for the purposes of sharing power and also for the purposes of monitoring patch cord connections and reporting the status of patch... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955139 | Method and system for reducing internal crosstalk and common mode signal generation within a plug/jack combination A communication connector is described that includes a plug and a jack, into which the plug is inserted. The plug terminates a length of twisted pair cable. The jack includes a sled to support contacts for connecting to wires within the cable, a rigid circuit board ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955120 | Wire containment cap with an integral strain relief clip A wire containment cap for reducing horizontal strain on a cable terminated at a communication jack. The wire containment cap is part of the communication jack and includes a strain relief clip that may be actuated to apply pressure to the cable. The applied pressur... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950950 | Wire containment cap A wire containment cap has twisted pair slots for routing twisted wire pairs through the wire containment cap. The twisted pair slots are provided with funnel-shaped entrances to assist in routing the twisted wire pairs from a rear end of the wire containment cap to... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946031 | Method for forming an enhanced communication cable A cable and method of forming the cable are presented. The cable contains twisted wire pairs disposed in a cavity defined by a jacket. Each wire has a conductor and an insulator surrounding the conductor. The cable may also contain a spline that separates the twiste... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938700 | Intelligent inter-connect and cross-connect patching system An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-c... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929123 | Method and apparatus for measuring insertion loss in a fiber optic cable connection A method and apparatus for measuring the insertion loss of a fiber optic connection is provided. The invention generally comprises a light source providing light to a test connector which contains a juncture of two fiber optic cables. The test connector has one or m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927153 | Communications connector with multi-stage compensation A communication connector uses compensation circuitry to compensate for crosstalk in a network connection. Capacitors are connected between specific conducive paths in said communication connector. Inductive stubs are utilized in the compensation circuitry to improv... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7891882 | Reversible fiber optic connector A re-terminable, no-crimp ST-type optical connector assembly includes a spring-loaded ferrule holder assembly and a reusable activation system for termination of the assembly. The optical connector can be terminated by a suitable cam activation tool. The connector i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7874879 | Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in electrical connectors A communication jack having crosstalk compensation features for overall crosstalk interference reduction is disclosed. In one embodiment, the jack is configured to receive a plug to form a communication connection, and comprises jack contacts disposed in the jack, w... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874877 | Communication jack having layered plug interface contacts A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that exten... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869179 | Protection patch panel An access control system dissipates voltage transients while allowing access control equipment to operate normally. The access control system utilizes an isolation patch panel which is provided with circuitry to prevent voltage transients from damaging access contro... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7841891 | Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity such as patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time basis. For patch panel systems, the approach is based upon a distributed architecture that may be modularly scalable and ma... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7823281 | Method for compensating for crosstalk An apparatus and method for crosstalk compensation in a jack of a modular communications connector includes a flexible printed circuit board connected to jack contacts and to connections to a network cable. The flexible printed circuit board includes conductive trac... | 11/02/2010 |
