×

Telecommunications patch panel with angled connector modules

  • US 6,537,106 B1
  • Filed: 06/05/1998
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A telecommunications patch panel comprising:

  • a connector module having a front face and an opposite facing rear face, the front face of the connector module including a connector jack for receiving a plug of a first conductive wire, the rear face including a connection location for connecting to a second conductive wire, the connection location electrically connected to the connector jack, the connector module defining an axis of rotation generally parallel to the front face;

    a frame member having a front face, the connector module rotatably mounted to the frame member for movement about the rotation axis, wherein the front face of the connector module is positionable in one of three selectable positions, a first position where the front face of the connector module is generally parallel to the front face of the frame member, a first angled position where the front face of the connector module is at a first angle relative to the front face of the frame, and a second angled position where the front face of the connector module is at a second angle relative to the front face of the frame, the first angled position being in a first direction from the parallel position, the second angled position being in a second direction from the parallel position, the second direction being opposite the first direction.

View all claims
  • 10 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×