| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7179119 |
Telecommunications patch panel with angled connector modules |
February 20, 2007 |
| A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a pl |
| 7175471 |
Loop plug |
February 13, 2007 |
| A looping plug for use with coaxial telecommunications jacks to loop the signal between a pair of adjacently mounted jacks. The loop plug includes a molded non-conductive housing which fits about a pair of identical die cast, conductive, inner housing halves. A pair of outer conductive |
| 7175455 |
High density coaxial switching jack |
February 13, 2007 |
| A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected |
| 7175137 |
Coupler for cable trough |
February 13, 2007 |
| Couplers for a cable trough system including a spacing defined by first and second guiding surfaces, the spacing being sized to receive the terminal end of a trough member into the spacing. One or more springs are carried on the couplers and may be at least partially disposed within the |
| 7173189 |
Concentric multi-pair cable with filler |
February 6, 2007 |
| A cable including a first group of inner twisted conductor pairs and a second group of outer twisted conductor pairs. The first group of inner pairs is twisted at a first twist rate, the second group of outer pairs is twisted at a second twist rate. |
| 7172453 |
Loop plug |
February 6, 2007 |
| A looping plug for use with coaxial telecommunications jacks to loop the signal between a pair of adjacently mounted jacks. The loop plug includes a molded non-conductive housing which fits about a pair of identical die cast, conductive, inner housing halves. A pair of outer conductive |
| 7172077 |
Horizontal cable troughs and tool drawer |
February 6, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to telecommunications equipment racks including vertical cable guides, horizontal troughs, cross aisle panels and cross-connection modules for telecommunications equipment racks. The vertical cable guides define vertical cable channels for both network i |
| 7171244 |
Communication system and method with gain control for signals from distributed antennas |
January 30, 2007 |
| A distributed antenna system is configured in a daisy-chain fashion along a single path. The summation of the signals received by each antenna port of the system is distributed along the path. The signal gain for the system is controlled by distributed attenuation and distributed gain |
| 7171100 |
Optical fiber slack storage tray for distribution cabinet |
January 30, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a slack storage tray for managing slack associated with fiber terminations in a distribution cabinet. The storage tray includes a base defining a cable pathway for storing multiple loops of a cable. A hinged cover further defines a cable pathway for manag |
| 7171099 |
Slide arrangement for cable drawer |
January 30, 2007 |
| A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawe |
| 7167628 |
Service blocker device and method |
January 23, 2007 |
| A device and method of blocking customer access to a fiber optic distribution cable. A service blocker is positioned between a fiber distribution cable and a customer drop cable within a fiber optic adapter. The service blocker includes a body which does not permit optical transmissi |
| 7167625 |
Optical cable exit trough |
January 23, 2007 |
| A cable exit trough is mountable to a lateral trough section either during initial assembly of the cable routing system, or at a later date. The exit trough includes a bracket portion mountable to the top edge of one of the sides of the lateral trough section. Two lead-ins are provided t |
| 7163440 |
Apparatus and method for polishing a fiber optic connector |
January 16, 2007 |
| A fiber optic polishing apparatus including a support system, a polishing sub-assembly coupled to the support system including a plurality of pads, and a fixture to hold a plurality of fiber optic connectors. The fixture is positioned adjacent to the plurality of pads so that an end surf |
| 7163423 |
Coaxial system with keying feature |
January 16, 2007 |
| A keying system to control a mating interface between a plurality of mating jacks and plugs in a coaxial telecommunications panel. |
| 7155132 |
Dynamic distortion control |
December 26, 2006 |
| A distortion monitor for a non-linear device is provided. The control circuit includes an input coupleable to receive a signal from the non-linear device and a first frequency monitor coupled to the input. The frequency monitor monitors the level of one of even and odd order distorti |
| 7155104 |
Cable exit trough with insert |
December 26, 2006 |
| A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable |
| 7153040 |
Method and apparatus for multi-directional fiber optic connection |
December 26, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed that permit multi-directional fiber optic connections to a device. The multi-directional aspect of the fiber optic connections permit the connections to be aligned closely with the direction of travel of the fiber optic cables that interface with the |
| 7150656 |
Digital switching cross-connect module |
December 19, 2006 |
| A cross-connect module is disclosed herein. The cross-connect module includes a housing having a front end and a rear end. The rear end includes a printed circuit board mounted to the module. First and second switching jacks positioned adjacent the front end of the housing. A DIN typ |
| 7150089 |
Enhanced heat transfer for housings |
December 19, 2006 |
| An apparatus that has housing for containing objects. The housing has two heat-conducting partial-boundaries having an interface between them. The apparatus also has a medium for enhancing heat transfer across the interface. |
| 7149398 |
Optical fiber distribution frame with outside plant enclosure |
December 12, 2006 |
| A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including panels having front and rear termination locations, the panels positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame includes vertical access for the rear cables. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable gu |
| 7147385 |
Fiber optic connector and method |
December 12, 2006 |
| A fiber optic connector including a ferrule surrounding an optical fiber and a hub engaging the ferrule. The hub includes a front portion having first and second opposing surfaces and first and second tapered regions extending from the first and second opposing surfaces to a front face. |
| 7144280 |
Internal power bus and power output assembly |
December 5, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a power distribution unit with output power terminals and electrical leads with mating portions connected to extensions of the terminals, with adjacent mating portions and connected extensions offset from one another. Alternatively, an electrical power |
| 7142765 |
High density optical fiber distribution frame with modules |
November 28, 2006 |
| A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right panels and the cable g |
| 7140912 |
Triaxial connector and method |
November 28, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a center conductor insulator with a tapered entry for use with a coaxial cable transmission line connector that provides guiding and centering of a center conductor pin within the connector. The present invention further relates to a front sleeve asse |
| 7139461 |
Optical fiber distribution frame with outside plant enclosure |
November 21, 2006 |
| A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including panels having front and rear termination locations, the panels positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame includes vertical access for the rear cables. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable gu |
| 7135649 |
Plug connector for cable television network and method of use |
November 14, 2006 |
| A telecommunications apparatus for use with a plug having at least first, second and third pins. The telecommunications apparatus includes a plug connector for receiving the plug. The plug connector includes at least first, second and third electrical contacts for electrically contacting |
| 7132605 |
Split cable seal |
November 7, 2006 |
| A cable seal and an enclosure including a cable seal. The cable seal provides a seal around a cable entering the enclosure and also seals against the enclosure. The enclosure can be replaced about the cable without the end of the cable passing through the cable seal. The cable seal m |
| 7127042 |
Device for providing dual monitoring of digital equipment |
October 24, 2006 |
| A performance monitoring access device for a DSX system is disclosed herein. The monitoring device provides connection locations for readily connecting digital equipment to performance monitoring equipment. The monitoring devices allows for dual performance monitoring of digital equi |
| 7126803 |
Power distribution panel with modular elements |
October 24, 2006 |
| A power distribution panel having circuit elements such as KTK and GMT fuses removably mounted to a unit housing by means of module members, thereby allowing for ease of customization of the circuit elements of the power distribution panel. |
| 7123592 |
Dynamic allocation of transmission bandwidth in a communication system |
October 17, 2006 |
| A head end is provided. The head end includes at least one modern for communicating with service units over a transmission bandwidth, the transmission bandwidth being divided into a number of subbands, each subband including a plurality of payload channels and at least one control ch |
| 7121896 |
Digital switching cross-connect module |
October 17, 2006 |
| A cross-connect module is disclosed herein. The cross-connect module includes a housing having a front end and a rear end. The rear end includes a rear wall defining connector mounting openings. First and second switching jacks are positioned adjacent the front end of the housing. Re |
| 7120348 |
Cable management panel with sliding drawer |
October 10, 2006 |
| An optical fiber cable management panel is provided with slideable drawers and structure within the drawers for cable management and/or connection to other devices. Tray inserts drop into the drawers to provide the appropriate management and connection devices. A movable take-up mech |
| 7120002 |
Power distribution bus with protection and alarming |
October 10, 2006 |
| Power distribution busses and methods are disclosed that provide flexible protection and alarming capabilities. Various embodiments provide interchangeability of fuses and circuit breakers within the same power distribution bus configuration. These various embodiments also provide di |
| 7118382 |
Card edge coaxial connector |
October 10, 2006 |
| An adapter having a housing, a ground clip and an adapter subassembly all located in the housing. The adapter subassembly includes a proximal portion that can be coupled to a coaxial connector and a distal portion that can be coupled to a printed circuit board. A central conductor in |
| 7118288 |
Fiber connector and adapter |
October 10, 2006 |
| Fiberoptic connector and adapter assembly includes a fiberoptic connector received within an adapter. The connector has a cover on the connector housing. The cover pivots between open and closed positions to expose or cover, respectively, a optical fiber contained within the connector. |
| 7116777 |
Termination frame with modules and method |
October 3, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a telecommunications connection module including a housing and connection locations mounted to a front face of the housing. The connection locations are removably mounted to the front face allowing access to an interior side of the connection locations fr |
| 7115815 |
Cable utilizing varying lay length mechanisms to minimize alien crosstalk |
October 3, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to cables made of twisted conductor pairs. More specifically, the present invention relates to twisted pair communication cables for high-speed data communications applications. A twisted pair including at least two conductors extends along a generally l |
| 7113685 |
Cable trough cover |
September 26, 2006 |
| A cable trough cover assembly and method of assembly including a cover plate and a hinge piece. The cover plate includes a pivot member along at least one edge, and the hinge piece defines a pocket for releasably receiving the pivot member. The pocket and pivot member arrangement allow |
| 7110527 |
Housing for telecommunications equipment |
September 19, 2006 |
| A telecommunications equipment mounting assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a housing adapted for holding telecommunications equipment such as an optical-to-electrical and electrical-to-optical converter modules. The telecommunications equipment mounting assembly also |
| 7108561 |
Jack with modular mounting sleeve |
September 19, 2006 |
| A housing for a coaxial jack including an opening for receiving the jack, the opening including a guide for preventing rotation of the jack within the opening. The housing also includes a stop to limit sliding of the jack within the opening and a flange extending from an outer surface. A |
| 7106758 |
Circuit and method for service clock recovery |
September 12, 2006 |
| A method for synchronizing a service clock at a destination node with a service clock at a source node is provided. The method includes receiving data packets from a source node at at least one port of the destination node. At the destination node, the method determines control values fo |
| 7103377 |
Small signal threshold and proportional gain distributed digital communications |
September 5, 2006 |
| A method for signal gain adjustment in a multi-port, digital distributed antenna system uses a sorter to sort received signals in ascending order according to their signal levels. A threshold comparator generates a dynamic range fair threshold that is updated as any remaining system |
| 7103150 |
Splitter card with integral test access |
September 5, 2006 |
| A splitter card having integral test access devices. The splitter card allows test access to be readily provided at any location where splitter cards are typically mounted (e.g., a splitter chassis). |
| 7102884 |
Fiber containment system |
September 5, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a housing including a front opening and a rear opening. Pivotably mounted within the housing is a tray within the front opening, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent a first side of the housing. A |
| 7097473 |
Cable clip |
August 29, 2006 |
| A cable clip includes a housing defining an open space and outer grooves about the housing for mounting the cable clip into a mounting opening, the inner edge of the housing including trumpet flares around the edges of the ends and side to provide bend radius protection for cables passin |
| 7095844 |
High density DSX system |
August 22, 2006 |
| A DSX system arranged to receive a plurality of high-density chassis is disclosed. The chassis include back planes having rear access IN/OUT fields and rear access cross-connect fields. The rear access fields are electrically connected to termination panels located in respective IN/OUT |
| 7094971 |
Coaxial cable Y-splitter assembly and method |
August 22, 2006 |
| A coaxial cable splitter including an integral body with a first cable connection, a second cable connection and a third cable connection, each defining an axis. The second cable connection is a crimp sleeve, the first cable connection is a coaxial connector, and the axes are generally |
| 7093997 |
Coupler for cable trough |
August 22, 2006 |
| Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spring including first |
| 7092176 |
Electronic signal transmission and switching jack |
August 15, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to an electronic signal switching module with connectors on a first side for connecting with a variety of devices and sources and with jacks for receiving patch cords on a second side. The switching modules include two position switches in the circuitry |
| 7091418 |
Cable management bar and patch panel |
August 15, 2006 |
| A cable management member for a telecommunications patch panel can include a horizontal cable bar including a first bar end and a second bar end, and a first side member with first and second ends. The first side member can be coupled to the first bar end, the second leg being coupled to |
