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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174813 | 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... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8137141 | High-speed connector with multi-stage compensation A communication connector uses compensation circuitry to compensate for crosstalk in a network connection. Portions of the compensation circuitry are placed on a flexible circuit board that makes conductive contact with plug interface contacts of the connector. Addi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130502 | Modular stackable angled patch panel for enclosure A modular patch panel module is mountable on an electronics enclosure and includes an angled patch face and mounting structure that enables stacking of modular patch panels without interference of patch panel cords with the top of the enclosure or another patch pane... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128428 | Cross connect patch guidance system An intelligent network patch field management system and specialized cross-connect cable are provided to help guide, monitor, and report on the process of connecting and disconnecting patch cords plugs in a cross-connect patching environment. The system is also capa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105116 | 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... | 01/31/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8052474 | 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... | 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 |
| 7985103 | Communication connector with improved crosstalk communication 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... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978845 | Powered patch panel A powered patch panel (PPP) is disclosed that inserts power in mid-span regions of a network and provides fault-tolerance at the power supply level and the power-plane level. Information such as physical location, port status and policy enforcement information may b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7874878 | 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... | 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 |
| 7850492 | 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... | 12/14/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7838764 | Communication channels with suppression cores Alien crosstalk suppression cores are used to decrease alien crosstalk in communications channels. Electrical communication cables may be provided with alien crosstalk suppression cores. The alien crosstalk suppression cores, which may be ferrite suppression cores, ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7811119 | Smart cable provisioning for a patch cord management system A network documentation and revision system is presented that includes first and second devices connected by a patch cord. The first device has provisioning and signal ports with corresponding contact assemblies. The second device has a switch port without a contact... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811118 | 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... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806600 | Re-terminable LC connector assembly and cam termination tool An improved, reversibly terminable fiber stub connector assembly is provided that can be readily and positively terminated in the field using simple termination tools. This allows repositioning or replacement of fiber optic cable field fibers if termination is not a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7781910 | Building automation system A building automation system is provided in which a controller is connected to remote modules through a zone enclosure using RS-485 cables. Branches of modules extending from the zone enclosure are connected together by removable jumpers at the zone enclosure. Sets ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780480 | 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... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771203 | 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 ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768418 | 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... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756047 | Method and apparatus for documenting network paths Methods and apparatus for documenting network path connectivity are described that allow a network management system/revision management system (NMS/RMS) to determine what equipment and ports support a network path by interrupting and restoring Power-over-Ethernet (... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7746083 | Apparatus and method for communications testing A communications connector tester for quickly and accurately analyzing communications connectors at production to determine whether the connectors are fit for use in certain communications applications is disclosed. Test signals at several discrete frequencies are s... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734572 | Building automation system controller A building control system is provided that receives information from devices of different subsystems. A trigger causes a zone controller to store the information in a database. The stored data is used to generate customized reports based on sequences or sets of rela... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731542 | 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... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728228 | Alien crosstalk suppression with enhanced patchcord Systems and methods for decreasing alien crosstalk use enhanced patch cords for introducing additional attenuation. The enhanced patch cords are preferably shielded to reduce alien crosstalk down their lengths and also attenuate signals passing therethrough to a gre... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722262 | 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... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717734 | 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... | 05/18/2010 |
