IP Library Granted Patent US 7,936,572
Granted Patent B2
US 7,936,572 · App. 12/436,174 · Granted May 3, 2011

Distributor connection module for telecommunication and data technology

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Patent No.
US 7,936,572
App. No.
12/436,174
Granted
May 3, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a distribution box connection module ( 1 ) for telecommunications and data technology, comprising a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts ( 10, 20, 30, 40 ) are arranged for the connection of cables and cores, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board ( 50 ) is arranged, with the input and output contacts ( 10, 20, 30, 40 ) being arranged on the opposite end faces of the housing, and with the input contacts ( 10, 20 ) being associated with one input side and the output contacts ( 30, 40 ) being associated with one output side, with the input contacts 10, 20 ) being in the form of at least two mutually opposite rows of contacts, and the output contacts ( 30, 40 ) being in the form of at least one plug connector, with at least two input contacts ( 10 ) in the first row and at least two input contacts ( 20 ) in the second row being connected to the output contacts ( 30; 40 ) in the at least one plug connector, and with the input contacts ( 10, 20 ) in the first row and in the second row being connected via the at least one printing circuit board ( 50 ) to the output contacts ( 30; 40 ) in the plug connector.

Claims (15)

1. A distribution box connection module for telecommunications and data technology, comprising:

a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts are arranged for the connection of cables and cores, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board is arranged, the input contacts being associated with one input side of the housing and the output contacts being associated with one output side of the housing,

wherein the input contacts include a first row of input contacts and a second row of input contacts located on the input side of the housing, and wherein the output contacts include at least a first row of output contacts located on the output side of the housing, each output contact being connected to at least two input contacts in the first row and at least two input contacts in the second row via the at least one printed circuit board.

2. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input contacts are in the form of insulation displacement terminal contacts.

3. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output contacts are in the form of RJ-45 female connectors.

4. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output contacts are in the form of two mutually opposite rows of plug connectors.

5. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two mutually opposite printed circuit boards are arranged within the housing and are electrically connected to one another.

6. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the printed circuit boards are connected to one another via a flat ribbon cable.

7. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein function and/or protection elements are arranged on the printed circuit board, and are arranged electrically between the input and output contacts.

8. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the protection elements are in the form of overvoltage protection elements or circuits.

9. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing is formed from two or more parts, with at least part of the housing being composed of metal.

10. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the metal housing is formed with grounding clips, which are connected to contact pads on the printed circuit board.

11. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the metal housing is formed with connecting elements for profiled rods and/or rails.

12. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input contacts have associated isolating contacts.

13. The distribution box connection module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output contacts also include at least a second row of output contacts located on the output side of the housing, each output contact of the second row being connected to at least two input contacts in the first row and at least two input contacts in the second row via the at least one printed circuit board.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLEN TELECOM LLC; ANDREW LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 048840/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLEN TELECOM LLC; ANDREW LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 049260/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037513/0709 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037514/0196 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2015
From: COMMSCOPE EMEA LIMITED
To: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 037012/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
To: COMMSCOPE EMEA LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036956/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2015
From: ADC GMBH
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 036064/0578 →