779 results about "Patch cable" patented technology

A method and apparatus for identifying fiber optic jumper cables is presented. A radio-frequency identification system is presented in which a tag is placed in an ST connector. The tag includes a memory storing jumper cable identification information. The jumper cable identification information identifies the jumper cable. A radiating unit radiates the tag with electromagnetic waves and the tag is energized. Once energized, the tag communicates the jumper cable identification information located in the memory to the radiating unit. The radiating unit then displays the jumper cable identification information. As such, a technician is able to identify a jumper associated with the connector and connect the jumper to an appropriate communications bay.

The device includes a first optical connector, a second optical connector, a flexible substrate, a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, a memory chip, and a clip. The first electrical connector is attached to the flexible substrate. The second electrical connector is attached to the flexible substrate. The memory chip is attached to the flexible substrate. A clip retains the first optical connector and the second optical connector adjacent to the flexible substrate.

Adapter modules, housing assemblies that house the adapter modules, and frame assemblies that contain the housing assemblies are disclosed that are all relatively compact and support a relatively high density of components. The modules, assemblies and frames have configurations that take advantage of bend-insensitive cable fibers and jumper fibers. The adapter module is a cassette-like case that allows for a length of cable fiber to be wound tightly therein in a substantially circular loop configuration when closed. The housing assembly houses a plurality of adapter modules and is configured so that the cable and jumper fibers have relatively tight bends within the housing interior. The frame assembly is configured to support a plurality of stacked housing assemblies and to route the jumper fibers through routing conduits and / or routing troughs so that the jumper fibers are enclosed within the frame assembly rather than dangling outside of the frame. The cable fibers enter the back of the housing assemblies via a fiber optic cable arranged at the back of the frame assembly.

A high density fiber optic distribution frame includes a frame assembly, one or more left-hand connector module housings mounted on the frame assembly, one or more right-hand connector module housings mounted on the frame assembly and an Interbay Storage Unit (IBU) positioned on the frame assembly medially between the left-hand connector module housings and the right-hand connector module housings. Each connector module housing includes one or more connector modules having one or more adapters for interconnecting optical fibers between connector modules on the distribution frame or on an adjacent distribution frame in a communications network. The distribution frame is compatible with existing fiber optic connector housings, maintains the minimum bend radius of the optical fibers transitioned on the frame between connector modules, and reduces the length of a single length jumper employed on the frame. An alternative embodiment includes an Interbay Fiber Manager (IFM) for routing and storing additional jumpers.

A telecommunications patching system includes a patch panel comprising a plurality of connector ports and a plurality of patch cords configured to selectively interconnect pairs of the connector ports. Each patch cord has opposite ends and a respective connector secured to each end that is configured to be removably secured within a connector port. The connectors of a respective patch cord have the same unique identifier associated therewith. A first sensor is located at each connector port and detects when a patch cord connector is inserted within, and removed from, a respective connector port. A second sensor is located at each connector port and reads the identifier of a patch cord connector inserted within a respective connector port. The first and second sensors are in communication with a controller that monitors and logs patch cord interconnections with the connector ports.

A telecommunications patching system includes a patch panel having a plurality of connector ports, and having an RFID reader and RF antennas associated with the connector ports. A plurality of patch cords are configured to selectively interconnect pairs of the connector ports. Each patch cord has opposite ends and a respective connector secured to each end that is configured to be removably secured within a connector port. Each connector of a respective patch cord includes an RFID tag. The RFID tags for a respective patch cord have the same unique identifier stored therewithin. The RF antenna associated with a connector port emits RF signals that cause a patch cord connector RFID tag to transmit its identifier. Each RF antenna detects the transmitted identifier of a patch cord connector RFID tag when the respective patch cord connector is inserted within, and removed from, a respective one of the connector ports.

The distribution frame and the method relate to a telecommunication installation in which optical fiber links are connected to connection members formed by sockets distributed on the front face of at least one distribution rack and in which jumpers provide the links between the connection members to which the links are individually connected. A robotized set of specialized tools is provided:to mount a plug on one end of a jumper reserve stored in coiled form;to position the plug in a connection member of a socket;to fit the jumper uncoiled from this member as far as another member;to adjust the length and to cut a section of uncoiled jumper; andto mount a plug on the end of the section and to position this plug in the other member.

A method and apparatus are provided for incorporating guided network cable Move / Add / Change (MAC) work order capability into a power patch panel. MAC work orders may be controlled and monitored using in-band signaling using, e.g., standard RJ-45 patch cords. Cable detection is performed at a port level on a real-time basis. Coordination of guided MAC operations may be performed by the patch panel, independently, or in conjunction with, or under the control of, a remote Network Management System. The patch panel may be in either an interconnect or cross-connect configuration.

A micro-transfer printable electronic component includes one or more electronic components, such as integrated circuits or LEDs. Each electronic component has device electrical contacts for providing electrical power to the electronic component and a post side. A plurality of electrical conductors includes at least one electrical conductor electrically connected to each of the device electrical contacts. One or more electrically conductive connection posts protrude beyond the post side. Each connection post is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical conductors. Additional connection posts can form electrical jumpers that electrically connect electrical conductors on a destination substrate to which the printable electronic component is micro-transfer printed. The printable electronic component can be a full-color pixel in a display.

A surface mounting structure and a packaging method thereof comprises a chip, a first conducting wire and a second conducting wire. The two conducting wires instead of lead frame architecture of the prior art is that the lead frame and a bridge jumper connected with N junction and P junction instead of the two conducting wires. The two conducting wires are drawn out from a bottom of a package, and are pressed and bent to original surface of the surface mounting pins so as to increase space utilization rate. Thereby it is to improve a complicated lead frame architecture of the prior art, increase use space and simplify system design.

A Frequency Agile Electrically Small Tactical AM Broadcast Band Antenna System (NC#098978) comprising a transmitter, antenna, plurality of mast wires and configurable tophat assembly. The transmitter is designed to transmit radio frequency signals. The antenna tuning unit is operatively coupled to the transmitter and designed to tune the apparatus to a desired frequency. The plurality of mast wires operatively is coupled to the antenna tuning unit and designed to receive and output radio frequency signals. The configurable tophat assembly is operatively coupled to the plurality of mast wires. The configurable tophat assembly comprises a tophat disc comprising a conductive material, a plurality of tophat wires comprising a conductor material and a plurality of tophat jumpers designed to help configure said plurality of tophat wires to different lengths by providing electrical open and electrical short states.

A panel for managing the storage of fiber optic cable jumpers is disclosed. The panel fits within a conventional storage rack. The panel has a box-like frame with a cavity on its back side. The panel also has a front storage hub and a rear storage hub. The rear hub extends out of the cavity and is coaxial with the front hub. A port is located in the frame adjacent to the hubs. An excess length of a fiber optic cable jumper may be stored by coiling it on either or both of the hubs, depending upon the need and the length of the jumper. The jumper may be inserted through the port in either direction and joined to a fiber optic cable on each end.

A system for providing power over Ethernet comprising: a plurality of means for receiving a current limited power signal, each of the means receiving a unique current limited power signal; a plurality of means for connecting one end of a cable, the cable comprising a plurality of twisted wire pairs, each of the cables providing a data communication and power path to a particular node connecting jack; a plurality of connectors each for connecting one end of a patch cable, the plurality of connectors being each operatively connected by pairs of conductors to a unique one of the plurality of means for connecting one end of a cable to allow for data communication between the patch cables and the cables; and a plurality of means for injecting the received current limited power signal onto at least one of the pairs of conductors.

A traceable patch cable (3) used to transmit signals from one receptacle (10) to another comprises a cable (32) and two connectors (31, 33) attached to opposite ends of the cable. The cable comprises at least one electrical wire (35) for transmitting signals and an optical fiber (36). The connectors each terminate an end of the electrical wire so that the electrical wire can be electrically connected to terminals in receptacles. Each connector forms an illuminating member (334) thereon with a passage (335) being defined in the illuminating member. Ends of the optical fiber are respectively terminated in the connectors under the illuminating members. Using a light beam shining through the passage at a first end of the cable, the light beam travels through the optical fiber to illuminates the illuminating member at a second end of the cable, thus making it easy to identify from among many cables.

A method of making a coaxial cable assembly is disclosed, the assembly comprising a coaxial cable and a connector, or connector termination, on at least one end of the cable. A connector, comprised of connector components, is also disclosed. The method comprises placing connector components into contact with the cable before the connector components are assembled into a connector. The connector is assembled simultaneously with securing the connector to the cable to make a coaxial cable assembly. A method of preparing coaxial cable in a manner suitable for making coaxial cable assemblies is also disclosed. The coaxial cable assembly can be a jumper, or a lead.

The invention discloses an automatic wire arranging device and belongs to the technical field of cable manufacturing. The existing wire arranging method is prone to notches, wire accumulation and wire jumping. The device comprises a portal frame, a transverse moving platform, a mechanical arm, a lifting mechanism, a horizontal moving mechanism, a dynamic complementing mechanism, an automatic reversing mechanism, a wire winding mechanism, a portal auxiliary frame, a controller and an encoder. Wire arranging is conducted according to a set pitch, in a wire arranging process, the wire arranging device can conduct position complementing control according to actual production conditions, a sheathed line and a designed mechanism structure are arranged in a set angle range, and the conditions of notches and wire jumping during wire arranging can not happen.

A computer disconnect device that may have an external communications cable connector; a jumper communications cable connector; a switch; external wiring for connecting the external communications cable connector to the external side of the switch; and jumper wiring for connecting the switch to the jumper communications cable connector. The external communications cable connector may be adapted to be connected to an external communications cable, and a jumper communications cable may be connected between the jumper communications cable connector and a computer. The switch may be used to selectively connect and disconnect the computer and the external communications cable. The computer disconnect device may include a housing, a lock and a status indicator. The external communications cable may be connected to any suitable network, such as the Internet or an intranet, or to any other suitable communications device.

Junction diodes fabricated in standard CMOS logic processes can be used as program selectors for One-Time Programmable (OTP) devices. An OTP device can have at least one OTP element coupled to at least one diode in a memory cell. With a metal fuse is used by the OTP element, at least one contact and / or a plurality of vias can be built (possibly with use of one or more jumpers) in the program path to generate more Joule heat to assist with programming. The jumpers are conductive and can be formed of metal, metal gate, local interconnect, polymetal, etc. The metal fuse can also have an extended area that is longer than required by design rules for enhanced programmability. The OTP element can be polysilicon, silicided polysilicon, silicide, polymetal, metal, metal alloy, local interconnect, thermally isolated active region, CMOS gate, or combination thereof.

A system for protection, control, metering, and monitoring of the delivery of electrical power is disclosed. Embodiments of the system provide input / output devices called bricks to receive analog and binary field data from primary equipment located in a power substation switchyard. The bricks are linked via fiber-optic patch cables and patch panels with one or more intelligent electronic devices (“IEDs”). In operation, the bricks convert the received binary and / or analog field data into digital signals, and transmit the digital signals synchronously to their associated IEDs using clock signals provided by each IED to the individual bricks. The bricks may accept a computer software code download from each of its master IED(s). Multiple code implementations, each tailored to the requirements of its master IED(s) can therefore co-exist on a single brick.

An assembly for a drawer-type hard disk drive comprising a cartridge in which a hard disk is mounted, and a supporting mount for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge has a power switch, a master / slave switch, a socket connector and a converting circuit card. The supporting mount is of a size such that it fits in the backup drive of a computer and it has a master / slave switch, a D-type connector, a circuit board, a power supplying slot and a jumper such that when the cartridge is inserted into the supporting mount, the socket connects to the connector. The supporting mount has an opening through which the cartridge is inserted and has guiding plates in its sidewalls which engage with guiding slots on the sides of the cartridge. The power switch has a locking latch which extends through a retaining hole on the supporting mount when the power switch is switched on, thus preventing removal of the cartridge, and which retracts when the switch is switched off, thus enabling easy removal of the cartridge. The master / slave switches allow the build-in hard drive and the add-on hard disk drive to be readily set in different operational modes. Furthermore, the cartridge is also connectable to a PCMCIA card for use with notebook computers so that the cartridge can be easily transferred from one type of computer to another.

A system for providing power over Ethernet comprising: a plurality of means for receiving a current limited power signal, each of the means receiving a unique current limited power signal; a plurality of means for connecting one end of a cable, the cable comprising a plurality of twisted wire pairs, each of the cables providing a data communication and power path to a particular node connecting jack; a plurality of connectors each for connecting one end of a patch cable, the plurality of connectors being each operatively connected by pairs of conductors to a unique one of the plurality of means for connecting one end of a cable to allow for data communication between the patch cables and the cables; and a plurality of means for injecting the received current limited power signal onto at least one of the pairs of conductors.

A utility controller and a service panel combination for limiting access to authorized persons. A sub-region of the service panel contains at least one electrically-operated (e.g., solenoid-operated) valve that is connected to service utilities (e.g., water or gas) piping so as to control flow there-through. According to one embodiment, another sub-region (i.e., a utility controller region) contains electrical controls for controlling the valve(s) and communicating with other services such as a remote transmitter, or an auxiliary monitoring system (e.g., a fire alarm system). In another embodiment, the service panel is remotely located with respect to the utility controller. The controller facilitates provision of numerous features including: emergency shutdown by anyone while permitting reset only by authorized personnel; modular construction so as to facilitate installation of the system. Various jumper terminals and connecting wires provide for programming of the system to accommodate a variety of applications.

A micro-transfer printable electronic component includes one or more electronic components, such as integrated circuits or LEDs. Each electronic component has device electrical contacts for providing electrical power to the electronic component and a post side. A plurality of electrical conductors includes at least one electrical conductor electrically connected to each of the device electrical contacts. One or more electrically conductive connection posts protrude beyond the post side. Each connection post is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical conductors. Additional connection posts can form electrical jumpers that electrically connect electrical conductors on a destination substrate to which the printable electronic component is micro-transfer printed. The printable electronic component can be a full-color pixel in a display.

A jumper connector for connecting lighting components to one another includes a connector body having a mating surface configured to engage more than one lighting component, where the connector body is configured to be secured to a substrate by a fastener. The jumper connector also includes a conductor held by the body, wherein the conductor is configured to be electrically connected to more than one lighting component during the same manufacturing step in which the connector body is secured to the substrate.

A plurality ceiling fan kits comprising one or more pre-wired downrods or a set of pre-wired downrods having internal wiring terminating on one or more ends in wire leads made of electrically conductive materials. Different electrical connectors, for use with the ceiling fan kits and pre-wired downrods, are adapted to electrically couple one or more sets of wiring by pushing in the electrically conductive wire leads into a plurality of ports disposed on the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors may include a jumper for switching between a single- and dual-power supply switch configuration and indicia for identifying the insertion of a wire into a corresponding port. A method of mounting a ceiling fan to a structure having an electrical supply, utilizing the pre-wired downrods and the electrical connectors.

The invention discloses a ring-shaped winding machine which comprises an open-type machine head, an electric cabinet, a transmission mechanism, a wire storage mechanism, a winding mechanism and a wire arranging mechanism, wherein the wire arranging mechanism comprises a mounting seat, a driving rubber wheel provided with a tray and a driven rubber wheel, and the driving rubber wheel provided with the tray is connected with a second transmission mechanism in a transmission way; the wire storage mechanism is provided with a wire storage ring, the winding mechanism is provided with a gear provided with an opening, and the gear provided with the opening is connected with a first transmission mechanism in a transmission way and connected with the wire storage ring when rotating clockwise. The ring-shaped winding machine is characterized in that the second transmission mechanism is driven by a stepper motor, the electric cabinet is internally provided with a singlechip control system, a wire distance amending button is arranged on the electric cabinet, the stepper motor is controlled by a singlechip, and the wire distance amending button is electrically connected with the singlechip. The ring-shaped winding machine can increase or reduce the number of wire distance pulse by the control of the wire distance amending button and the singlechip, so that enamelled wires can be accurately wound into a wire groove all the time, and the phenomenon of wire jumping or overlapping can be stopped.

An optical transmission module includes a ferrule with a built-in optical fiber, an optical member for reflecting or transmitting plural different wavelength optical signals, a first optical element for emitting an optical signal into the optical fiber via the optical member, a second optical element for receiving an optical signal from the optical fiber via the optical member, a package accommodating the first and second optical elements, a circuit substrate for driving the first and second optical elements, the circuit substrate being electrically connected to the package, a case accommodating the package and the circuit substrate, and an inclined portion provided in an inner surface of the case, the circuit substrate being mounted on the inclined portion.