IP Library Granted Patent US 11,289,862
Granted Patent B2
US 11,289,862 · App. 16/782,651 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Wall-mounted network extender and adapter

Inventors: Paul Joseph Harley (West Yorkshire, GB); Chien-Cheng Huang (Poway, CA); Xue-Hong Wu (New Taipei, TW); John Hausman (San Diego, CA); Lars Kristoffer Roberg (Linkoping, SE)
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
H01R31/06H01R13/6273H01R13/743H01R24/64H01R27/02H01R24/68
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,289,862
App. No.
16/782,651
Filed
Feb 5, 2020
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2833
USPC
439/344
Abstract

A power module may be attached to and detached from a network extender. The power module may include one or more power connectors that are specific to one or more countries/regions. The power module may include one or more other interfaces (e.g., Ethernet port, etc.). The power module may include a power connector and a male local area network connector on a first surface. The power module may include a local area network port on a second surface, wherein the local area network port is conductively connected to the male local area network connector via a local area network port access.

Claims (17)

1. A power module comprising:

a power adapter located on a first surface of the power module;

a power connector;

a local area network port, wherein the local area network port is located on a second surface of the power module, wherein a plane of the second surface is orthogonal to a plane of the first surface; and

a male local area network connector, wherein the male local area network connector and the power connector are located on a third surface of the power module, wherein the plane of the first surface and a plane of the third surface are parallel to each other, and wherein the male local area network connector is conductively connected to the local area network port via a ninety-degree local area network access.

2. The power module of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more flexible clips.

3. The power module of claim 2 , wherein the one or more flexible clips are spaced according to a position of one or more clip openings of a customer premise equipment device.

4. The power module of claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more flexible clips comprises a ramp that may be passed through a clip opening of a customer premise equipment device.

5. The power module of claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more flexible clips comprises a rounded tab that may be passed through a clip opening of a customer premise equipment device.

6. The power module of claim 1 , further comprising:

an extension.

7. The power module of claim 6 , wherein the extension is dimensioned such that a sliding clip of a customer premise equipment device may cover at least a portion of the extension when the sliding clip is in an engaged position.

8. The power module of claim 1 , wherein the power connector and the male local area network connector are spaced according to a location of a power port and a local area network port of a customer premise equipment device.

9. The power module of claim 1 , wherein the local area network port comprises an Ethernet port.

10. The power module of claim 1 , wherein the male local area network connector comprises a male Ethernet connector.

11. The power module of claim 1 , wherein the power connector is located on the third surface of the power module.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 058843/0712 Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC (F/K/A COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA); COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 074591/0389 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 058875/0449 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069743/0057 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058843/0712 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058875/0449 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16227280 · Dec 20, 2018
Provisional Application 62607957 · Dec 20, 2017
Related Publication 20200176938A1 · Jun 4, 2020