Mounting arrangement for telecommunications equipment

Patent 6033259 Issued on March 7, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 6, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Daoud, Bassel H.

Application

No. 111089 filed on 07/06/1998

US Classes:

439/573, Directly attached to panel by elongated fastener in tension (e.g., rivet, bolt or screw)439/540.1Supporting plural, independent coupling parts

Examiners

Primary: Donovan, Lincoln

International Class

H01R 013/73

Abstract

An enclosure for telecommunications equipment (such as a building entrance protector) houses an assembly for terminating wires, such as twisted pairs, broken out from a multi-wire cable. The assembly is made by mounting two splicing connectors back-to-back with a specially designed bracket (e.g., a two-piece bracket). The assembly is mounted within the base of the enclosure. After terminating one or more wires at splicing contacts on one side of the assembly, the assembly can be removed from the base, rotated, and remounted within the base to expose splicing contacts on another side of the assembly in order to terminate additional wires from the cable. The present invention provides an efficient scheme for mounting splicing connectors within the limited volume provided within a building entrance protector.