Patents Assigned to ADC GmbH
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Patent number: 7704102Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting element (1) having a housing, with attachment means for attachment of the housing to a mounting rail (4) being arranged on the lower face of the housing, and with at least one connection for telecommunications and/or data cables being arranged in the housing, in which case the housing is formed in at least two parts and comprises an upper part (2) and a lower part (3) which are latched to one another, with the attachment means for the mounting rail (4) being arranged on the lower part (3) and the upper part (2) having at least one holder (23) for the connection (34) with the lower part (3) being formed with at least one bearing and the upper part (2) being formed with a corresponding bearing holder via which the upper part (2) is attached to the lower part (3) such that it can pivot.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Ferenc Nad
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Publication number: 20100099308Abstract: The invention relates to a printed circuit board plug-type connector (1), comprising a housing, in which contact elements (6) are arranged, wherein the contact elements (6) have a first contact part at one end and a second contact part at the opposite end, wherein the first contact part is in the form of a fork contact (7, 8), wherein the second contact part is in the form of a contact which makes contact with the printed circuit board, and an associated connection module (30) with a printed circuit board plug-type connector (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
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Patent number: 7702207Abstract: A fiberglass termination includes a mounting trough having a base plate and limbs. Front p1ates are fixed to the limbs of the mounting trough, and fiberglass couplings or adapters are arranged in the front plates.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Jorg Adomeit, Antony Nijhuis, Thea Karbstein, Joachim Brunzel
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Patent number: 7699649Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connecting module comprising at least one connector strip for electrically connecting wires and/or cables. The connector strip has at least one catch element and a rigid front panel. This front panel has at least one opening through which the connector strip can be partially inserted and which is cut open in the area of the catch element. The connector strip rests against the face of the front panel via a stopping edge. A securing element can be locked from the rear side of the front panel by the connector strip. This securing element is situated between the catch element and the front panel, and the closed contour of the securing element forms a stopping face on the rear side of the front panel. The securing element has an at least partially elastic design whereby being elastic in the area of the catch element. The invention also relates to a securing element suitable for the electrical connecting module.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
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Patent number: 7695307Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a printed circuit board with two sets of contact elements. The first set of contact elements is located on the front face of the printed circuit board and protrudes into an opening in the plug connector housing. The second set of contact elements is located on the rear face of the printed circuit board. The contact elements of the second set are configured to form insulation-displacement contacts. The plug connector also includes a cable manager which has a continuous opening and is configured on the front face with guides for cores or wires which are intended to make contact with the insulation-displacement contacts. The guides in the region of the insulation-displacement contacts are configured with recessed receiving elements or holders for the insulation-displacement contacts, and the cable manager can be latched to the plug connector housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Frank Mossner, Ferenc Nad, Michael Gwiazdowski
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Patent number: 7695308Abstract: A connection module for housing a contact element used to electrically connect wires within the module, the module being formed of first and second parts arranged to interfit so as to define a first set of openings, each being shaped to receive an end section of one of said wires for electric connection to the contact element, which pass into the module from a first end face toward an opposite second end face, the first part having first and second slots in opposed side walls, and the second part having a first protrusion which is received in a first one of the slots to at least partially fill an open end of said first one of said slots to thereby define an aperture to allow a test probe to access the contact element.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Brent David Allwood, Jeffrey Allan Glen
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Publication number: 20100087097Abstract: An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, including a first part having a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable; insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots for effecting electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the second data cable; and mid sections extending therebetween; and a plurality of capacitive plates coupled to respective ones of said mid sections of the contacts by electrically conductive stems, wherein the capacitiveType: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Jason Allan Hogue, Michael Sielaff
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Patent number: 7690848Abstract: The invention relates to an optical fiber plug connector, comprising at least one pair of plug connectors and a coupling, whereby each plug connector comprises a ferrule, each two ferrules of a pair of plug connectors are detachably guided and aligned together within a guide sleeve and the coupling has a housing, for each of the plug connectors. According to the invention, a compact space-saving optical fiber plug connector made from few components may be achieved, whereby the coupling is made from only one component.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Hans-Joachim Faika, Dietrich Rund, Hans-Peter Sandeck
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Publication number: 20100075530Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal strip (1) comprising a housing (2) and at least four insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8), the at least four insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8) being arranged in a series (3, 4). The housing (2) comprises housing walls (5) between which the insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8) are arranged. The insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8) are at a 45° angle in relation to the housing walls (5), and two separate insulation displacement contacts form a contact pair. The insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8) of a contact pair (K1, K2; K7, K8; K3, K6; K4, K5) are parallel in relation to each other, whereas adjacent insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8; K5, K6) of different contact pairs are mutually rotated by 90° about the longitudinal axis (L) of the insulation displacement contacts (K1-K8).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich HETZER, Frank MOSSNER
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Publication number: 20100068917Abstract: Connector block for electrically connecting a plurality of insulated conductors of a first data cable to corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, including first and second opposed rows of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) extending out of a common side of the connector block for electrical connection with respective ones of the insulated conductors of the first data cable and the second data cable; and a plurality of pairs of levers coupled to the block, wherein relative movement of the levers of each pair of said pairs with respect to corresponding opposed IDCs of the first and second rows of IDCs electrically connects respective ones of the insulated conductors of the first data cable and the second data cable with said opposed IDCs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Wayne William Dennes, Brent David Allwood
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Publication number: 20100061687Abstract: The invention relates to a console for a distribution device for optical waveguide cables the console (4) consisting of plastic, the console comprising an upper side (44), a lower side (41) and side faces, and at least one angled sheet-metal part (48) being arranged on one side face.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Frank Mossner, Ferenc Nad
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Publication number: 20100061692Abstract: The invention relates to a bundle core repository (7) for a distribution device for optical waveguides, comprising a housing having a lateral opening (103), the bundle core repository (7) being connected to a lower part (109) via a pivot bearing (108).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Frank Mossner, Ferenc Nad
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Publication number: 20100061686Abstract: The invention relates to a sleeve (1) for optical waveguide cables (2), comprising a housing upper part (120), a housing lower part (3), a console (4), a carrier system (5) and a bundle core repository (7), the console (4) being connected to the housing lower part (3) and the carrier system (5), and the housing lower part (3) having openings (30) for inserting at least one optical waveguide cable (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Frank Mossner, Ferenc Nad
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Publication number: 20100046642Abstract: A power line communications coupler for effecting signal coupling between electric signalling equipment and an electric power system, said coupler including a fuse coupleable to a power line of said electric power system; and a signal coupler in electrical communication with said fuse and being couplable to said signalling equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Donald Malcolm Ross Yelland, Brent David Allwood
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Publication number: 20100046904Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter (1) for sleeves (20) with elastomer cable seals (28), comprising at least one tubular element (3) and a support element (2), the support element (2) comprising means for fastening the support element (2) to a lower housing part (21) of a sleeve (20) and to a method for introducing a fiber-optic cable into a sleeve (20) using an adapter (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventor: Michael Sielaff
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Publication number: 20100048059Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprises the following: (a) a first element (102) having an opening (114) for receiving an electrical cable (116), (b) a second element (104, 106) coupled to an electrical connector element (108), wherein the first element is coupled to the second element in order to define a cavity between the first and the second elements, wherein the connector element is in electrical contact with the cable in the cavity, and (c) an adjustable insulating shield (110) that is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the second element, such that a conductive contact section of the connector element is exposed for direct contact when the shield is moved to the first position, and that the shield covers the section in order to restrict direct access to the section when the shield is moved to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventor: Scott David Lee
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Publication number: 20100041250Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact arrangement (1) for telecommunications and data systems technology, comprising at least one electrical contact (K1) and a printed circuit board (2), the contact (K1) being connected to the printed circuit board (2) both electrically and mechanically. The contact (K1) comprises a contact region (7) on which an electrical contact for contacting the counter-contact is generated. The distance (L el) between the contact region (7) of the contact (K1, K8) and the electrical contact point (K8) for contacting the printed circuit board (2) is shorter than the distance (L mech) between the contact region (7) of the contact (K1, K8) and the mechanical contact point (9) for contacting the printed circuit board (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hetzer, Frank Mossner
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Patent number: D612334Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Scott David Lee
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Patent number: D612335Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Scott David Lee
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Patent number: RE41206Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting cable (10) comprising a cable (10) with four conductor pairs (1, 2; 3, 6; 4, 5; 7, 8) which are routed in pairs in a defined manner in the cable (10), with an identical electrical plug connection being arranged at both ends of the cable (10), with a cable manager (11, 17) having guides (21-28; 31-38) for the conductors (1-8) being arranged at each of the two cable ends for fixing and defined guidance, in which guides the conductors (1-8) of the cable (10) are routed to the electrical contacts (41-48), with the cable managers (11, 17) each having a top face (16), a bottom face (15, 19), a rear face (12, 20) and an end surface (13, 18), and with the guides (21, 22, 27, 28; 31, 32, 37, 38) of the conductors (1, 2, 7, 8) which are associated with the two outer contact pairs (41, 42, 47, 48) being formed on the sides of the cable managers (11, 17) at right angles to the end surfaces (13, 18) of the cable managers (11, 17), and, from the rear face (12) to the end surface (13) iType: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Michael Gwiazdowski, Frank Mossner