Adapter system for connecting coaxial cable to telephone cable

• US 6,955,560 B1
• Filed: 07/12/2004
• Issued: 10/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andy J. Biggs
• Original Assignee: Andy J. Biggs
• Inventors: Biggs, Andy J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R.
• Application Number:
  US10/887,831
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 439/536, 439/581, 439/676, 439/502, 439/654, 439/638
• US Class Current: 439/536
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94

Abstract

The adapter system allows for electrical communication between a coaxial cable and a telephone cable or telephone line cord. The adapter system includes a wall-mounting adapter connected by a coaxial cable to a block adapter. The wall-mounting adapter includes a telephone jack and a coaxial cable connector. The wall-mounting adapter allows for electrical communication from the coaxial cable to a telephone through a cord inserted within the telephone jack. The block adapter includes a coaxial cable connector, a telephone jack and a telephone cable. The block adapter electrically connects the coaxial cable to the telephone cable or a telephone cord inserted within the telephone jack.

Claims

1. An adapter system comprising:

a wall-mounting adapter comprising;

a wallplate;

a first modular telephone jack attached to the wallplate;

a first coaxial cable connector attached to the wallplate; and

at least one conductive wire electrically connecting the first modular telephone jack and the first coaxial connector;

a block adapter comprising;

a block;

a first and a second terminal disposed on the block;

a second modular telephone jack integrally connected to the block, the second modular jack having a first conductor electrically connected to the first terminal and a second conductor electrically connected to the second terminal; and

a second coaxial cable connector attached to the block, the second coaxial cable connector having a frame and a center conductor, the center conductor electrically connected to the first terminal, the frame electrically connected to the second terminal; and

a coaxial cable having a first end and a second end, the first end electrically connected to the first coaxial cable connector, the second end electrically connected to the second coaxial cable connector.

2. The adapter system according to claim 1, further comprising a telephone cable attached to the block, the telephone cable being electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal.

3. The adapter system according to claim 1, wherein the block adapter has a third terminal and a fourth terminal disposed on the block.

4. The adapter system according to claim 3, wherein the second modular telephone jack includes a third and a fourth conductor, said third conductor being electrically connected to the third terminal, said fourth conductor being electrically connected to the fourth terminal.