Patents Assigned to ADC
  • Publication number: 20120043870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution cabinet for communications and data technology, in which the distribution cabinet has lower horizontal lateral struts (1) of a rack and at least one baseplate (10), wherein the baseplate (10) is connected to at least one lower horizontal lateral strut (1), wherein the baseplate (10) has at least one circumferential seal (19) which is arranged on the lower face (12), and at least one latching lug (18) which projects beyond the outer rim, wherein the lower lateral struts (1) have at least one rest (6) which is directed into the distribution cabinet and has a sealing edge (7), wherein at least the lateral strut (1) which is adjacent to the latching lug (18) has a latching receptacle which the latching lug (18) enters, wherein the latching lug (18) exerts a force on the lateral strut (1) such that the sealing edge (7) is pressed against the circumferential seal (19) of the baseplate (10), and to a baseplate for a distribution cabinet for communications and data technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Birkenstock, Adrian Benedetto, Philipp Meyer
  • Patent number: 8118610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a core connector (1) for splicing at least one twin core (a2, b2), comprising at least one housing (3, 4), in which core connection contacts are arranged, the core connection contacts being in the form of integral twin contacts (K1-K4), a first contact (K11, K21, K31, K41) of the twin contacts (K1-K4) being accessible from the upper side of the housing (3, 4), and a second contact (K12, K22, K32, K42) of the twin contacts (K1-K4) being accessible from the lower side of the housing (3, 4), at least four twin contacts (K1-K4) being provided, which are opposite one another in pairs, as well as to a method for splicing a twin core (a2, b2) into an existing end-subscriber twin core (a, b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Neumetzler, Christian Brandt
  • Patent number: 8121457
    Abstract: A fiber optic adapter assembly includes a plurality of adapters included in an integrally formed body. Each of the adapters may include a protective shutter mounted within one end. The adapter assembly may be configured to mount to a chassis and position the adapters for receiving fiber optic connectors of telecommunications modules mounted to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Zimmel
  • Patent number: 8118601
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
  • Patent number: 8121456
    Abstract: A method for deploying a telecommunications cable includes obtaining a payout arrangement including a length of cable, selecting one of the first end and the second end of the length of cable to access; accessing the selected end of the length of cable; and pulling the selected end to unwind the length of cable from the payout arrangement. In some embodiments, the cable is arranged around adjacent spools. In other embodiments, the cable is arranged within a container with access opening on the top and bottom. In still other embodiments, the cable is wound around a spool and at least one spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Gniadek, Erik Gronvall, Tom Marcouiller, John Clifton Cobb, III
  • Patent number: 8121455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support system (5) for fixing telecommunication and data systems technology resources, comprising at least one profiled support (72), wherein the at least one profiled support (72) is constructed with fixing means on at least one side and with further fixing means (135) by means of which resources can be fixed to the front and/or rear (V, R) of the support system (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Mossner
  • Patent number: 8121458
    Abstract: A fiber distribution system includes one or more fiber distribution hubs (FDHs) that provide an interface at a termination panel between incoming fibers routed from a central office and outgoing fibers routed to network subscribers. Termination modules can be incrementally added to the termination panel. The FDH can include one or more optical splitter modules that split an optical signal into two or more signals. The optical splitter modules can be incrementally added along with one or more storage modules. The subscriber termination panel, optical splitters, and storage modules can be provided on a swing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kenneth Barth, Joshua A. Zabel, Soutsada Vongseng, Matthew D. Ferris, Steve Anderson, Craig M. Standish
  • Publication number: 20120039600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for identifying at least one object, wherein the object has a connection unit that can be connected to a receptacle unit of a receptacle arrangement, wherein contactless information transfer takes place between the connection unit and the receptacle unit if the connection unit is connected to the receptacle unit, wherein the contactless information transfer is realized as optical information transfer, wherein an optical signal having predetermined optical properties is generated and transmitted by at least one transmitting unit, is transferred via at least one optical transfer path and is received by at least one receiving unit, wherein an evaluation and control unit (14) connected to the receiving unit evaluates the optical properties and/or propagation time properties of the received optical signal and carries out an identification of the object by means of a comparison with stored optical properties and/or by means of a comparison with stored propagation
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Feltgen
  • Patent number: 8113720
    Abstract: A hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly which permits repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire connector assembly or the cable is disclosed. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from one gender to a different gender. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows the individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from being hybrid fiber/copper connectors to being only fiber connectors or only copper connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarrod Scadden, M'Hamed Anis Khemakhem, Jeffrey Louis Peters, Kenneth Allen Skluzacek, Wayne M. Kachmar
  • Patent number: 8116095
    Abstract: A telecommunications arrangement including a chassis, at least one power supply, and a plurality of conversion modules that provide an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical signal conversion. The chassis includes a separate back plane made up of individual back panels. The back panels are attached to the chassis by a tab and swell latch. The conversion modules include a printed circuit board, an input/output arrangement of connectors, and a radius limiter mounted to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dorenkamp, Vern Loch, Jeffrey Peters, Wayne Nelson
  • Patent number: 8113722
    Abstract: A hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly which permits repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire connector assembly or the cable is disclosed. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from one gender to a different gender. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows the individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from being hybrid fiber/copper connectors to being only fiber connectors or only copper connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarrod Scadden, M'Hamed Anis Khemakhem, Jeffrey Louis Peters, Kenneth Allen Skluzacek
  • Patent number: 8116320
    Abstract: A program product comprising program instructions, embodied on a storage medium that are operable to cause a processor to switch input data packets for ingress to at least one internal-device port of an internal device from all external ports using virtual local area network identifiers and port virtual local area network tags and to switch output data packets for egress from the internal-device ports of the internal device using the virtual local area network identifiers and the port virtual local area network tags. There are more external ports than internal-device ports and applications in the internal device have visibility to all external ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Polland
  • Patent number: 8113428
    Abstract: Optical reading system and methods having multiple modes of operation, for example: omnidirectional and single-code picking; fixed and handheld reading; 1D and 2D code reading. In one configuration, an image-based system obtains input data via an area sensor (e.g., a 2D CCD array) with only data corresponding to a pattern of virtual scan lines being stored and processed. A user may implement different operating modes such as a first mode reading codes in any location or orientation and a second mode reading only a code oriented along a particular virtual scan line or group thereof. Alternately, the data reader is operable to switch between handheld mode selecting a first pattern of virtual scan lines to process and/or decode and a fixed mode selecting a second pattern of virtual scan lines to process and/or decode. Virtual scan patterns in either mode can change within or between frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Datalogic ADC, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Rudeen, Bryan L. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 8113888
    Abstract: A circuit board for an electrical connector includes a plurality of pairs of first contacts disposed at a first end of the circuit board and a plurality of pairs of second contacts disposed at a second end. Each first contact is connected to a second contact by first conductors disposed at least on a first side of the circuit board. Second conductors are disposed on the circuit board and connected to a first contact or a second contact. A second conductor is associated with a first contact of each pair of first contacts and a second contact of each pair of second contacts. Adjacent second conductors of the first contacts include segments at least partially parallel to each other, forming first coupling regions. Adjacent second conductors of the second contacts include segments at least partially parallel to each other, forming second coupling regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Albert Carter, Scott David Lee
  • Publication number: 20120033339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surge protection magazine (1) for a device in telecommunications and data technology, comprising a housing (2), a printed circuit board (3), a plurality of surge arrestors (6) and at least one ground contact (4). The surge arrestors (6) are arranged on the printed circuit board and connected via conductor tracks to contact pads (10, 11) disposed on the printed circuit board (3). On the underside (20), the housing (2) has at least one opening for the at least one ground contact (4), wherein the part of the ground contact (4) that is pushed through the opening is designed as a single tuning fork contact (41, 42), and wherein the ground contact (4) has a second single tuning fork contact (42) which makes contact with the printed circuit board (3). The planes (E1, E2) of the two single tuning fork contacts (41, 42) are rotated 90° with respect to each other, and the ground contact (4) is formed in one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Benedetto, Johann Oltmanns
  • Publication number: 20120034798
    Abstract: 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 by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Jeffrey Louis Peters, Duane Sand
  • Publication number: 20120033927
    Abstract: A telecommunications module includes a main housing portion and a cover, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall when mounted on the main housing portion. An optical component located within the module receives an input signal from a signal input location of the housing and outputs an output signal toward a signal output location on the front wall. The telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be either on the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing. The cover defines a protrusion extending from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion being selectively breakable to expose a recess on the front wall of the main housing portion that defines a signal input location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Zimmel
  • Publication number: 20120032034
    Abstract: A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and a cable storage device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable storage device including a storage spool and a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides excess cable exiting from the overhead cable pathway structure to the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad J. Sjodin, John Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8111966
    Abstract: A wall box includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover enclose an interior region. The wall box further includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the enclosure. The fiber optic adapters include an inner port positioned inside the interior region and an outer port positioned at an outer surface of the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region. The tray stack includes a tray mount pivotally connected to the enclosure. The tray mount includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface. A first splice tray mounting area is disposed on the top surface and a second splice tray mounting area is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of trays is disposed in the first splice tray mounting area. A tray is disposed in the second splice tray mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Holmberg, James J. Solheid, Erik Gronvall, Paula Rudenick, Thomas Marcouiller
  • Publication number: 20120027145
    Abstract: A communication system includes master host unit, hybrid expansion unit, and remote antenna unit. Master host unit communicates analog signals with service provider interfaces. Master host unit and hybrid expansion unit communicate N-bit words of digitized spectrum over communication link. Hybrid expansion unit converts between N-bit words and analog spectrum. Hybrid expansion unit and remote antenna unit communicate analog spectrum over analog communication medium. Remote antenna unit transmits and receives wireless signals over air interfaces. Master host unit includes master clock distribution unit that generates digital master reference clock signal. Master host unit communicates digital master reference clock signal over communication link. Hybrid expansion unit receives digital master reference clock signal from master host unit over communication link and generates analog reference clock signal based on digital master reference clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lance K. Uyehara, Larry G. Fischer, David Hart, Dean Zavadsky