Patents Assigned to ADC
  • Connecting Hardware with Multi-Stage Inductive and Capacitive Crosstalk Compensation
    Publication number: 20120003874
    Abstract: A connector and method of crosstalk compensation within a connector is disclosed. The method includes determining an uncompensated crosstalk, including an uncompensated capacitive crosstalk and an uncompensated inductive crosstalk, of a wired pair in a connector. The uncompensated crosstalk includes common mode and differential mode crosstalk. The method includes applying at least one inductive element to the wired pair, where the at least one inductive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the inductive crosstalk caused by the one or more pairs. The method further includes applying at least one capacitive element to the wired pair, where the at least one capacitive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the capacitive crosstalk caused by the one or more wired pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Stuart James Reeves, David Patrick Murray, Ian Robert George, Bernard Harold Hammond, JR.
  • STRAIN RELIEF DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120002935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strain relief device (1) for at least one glass fiber cable (45), comprising a base body (10) and at least one clamping element (30), the base body (10) having at least one through-opening (14) for leading through at least one glass fiber cable (45), which through-opening extends from a front side (V) of the base body (10) to a rear side (R) of the base body (10), a head part (13) with at least one slit (18) being arranged on the rear side (R) of the base body (10), and at least one deflecting element (20) being arranged on an outer surface of the base body (10), and the clamping body (30) being detachably connected to the base body (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Hartmann
  • CABLE ROUTING DEVICE AND UNIT FOR TELECOMMUNICATION AND DATA TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20120000688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable routing device and a unit for telecommunication and data technology, comprising a housing, wherein terminals or circuit board plug-in connectors (2) are disposed on at least one side of the housing, wherein a cable routing device (10) is disposed on the housing, the cable routing device (10) being configured as a carrier element having attachment means for attaching the cable routing device (10) to the unit, wherein cable routing elements are attached to the carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
  • Electric connector with a dust cover
    Patent number: 8087945
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric connector (100) having electric contact elements (206) to which an electric contact may be established using contacts of a matching plug by insertion of the plug into the electric connector (100) via an outlet (202), said electric connector also comprising a hollow space (106) in which a substantial intermediate length of one or more electric contact elements (206) is exposed via an upper input (110), and a dust cover (108), attachable in a removable fashion via the upper input (110) in order to prevent impurities from entering the hollow space (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Brent David Allwood
  • Low shrink telecommunications cable and methods for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8090232
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a layer constructed to resist post-extrusion shrinkage. The layer includes a plurality of discrete shrinkage-reduction members embedded within a base material. The shrinkage-reduction members can be made of a liquid crystal polymer. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing telecommunications cables having layers adapted to resist post-extrusion shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne M. Kachmar
  • Cable anchoring device
    Patent number: 8090234
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cable anchoring device for anchoring a fiber optic cable to a building, wall, pole or other structure. The cable anchoring device includes a spool component about which the fiber optic cable is wrapped at least two times. The cable anchoring device also includes a clamping component that cooperates with the spool component to anchor the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Kenneth Christopher Nardone, Chad James Sjodin
  • WALL-MOUNTABLE MEDIA CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20110317348
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a media converter comprises a power interface that extracts power from a communication medium coupled to the media converter for powering the media converter. In another embodiment, a connector comprises a first media attachment interface to physically attach a first communication medium to the connector and a second media attachment interface to physically attach a second communication medium to the connector. The connector further comprises a mounting interface to physically attach the connector to a structure. The connector communicatively couples the first communication medium and the second communication medium. The connector processes management data communicated over at least one of the first communication medium and the second communication medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael K. Pratt
  • TRANSITION HOUSING AND CAP FOR FIBER BREAKOUT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110317975
    Abstract: A breakout assembly in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes a housing including a tubular body defining a passage extending from a first end to an opposite second end of the body. An interior surface of the body includes a plurality of longitudinal guides, the interior surface further including a stop. The tubular body defines a plurality of openings extending through the body on opposite sides of the stop. The breakout assembly further includes a cap which is slidably received within the body of the housing, wherein notches within the cap receive the guides of the housing, and wherein the cap is engageable with the stop. The cap defines a plurality of internal openings extending through the cap. A multi-fiber cable can be received within the body from one end, and a plurality of breakout tubings are received within the body of the opposite end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Lu, Carlos Aviles, Marcelo Enrique Ruiz, Jacobo Eduardo Vazquez, Foad Abdulakdir Mohamed Ahmed
  • FIBER OPTIC TERMINATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110317973
    Abstract: 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 guides. The termination modules hold fiber optic modules with front termination locations. The fiber optic modules can house couplers, such as splitters, combiners, and wave length division multiplexers. A retention mechanism retains each fiber optic module in a partially removed position from the termination module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Rapp, Timothy J. Haataja, Kristofer J. Bolster, Heidi L. Miller
  • Telecommunications Assembly
    Publication number: 20110317974
    Abstract: A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis defining an interior region and a tray assembly disposed in the interior region. The tray assembly includes a tray and a cable spool assembly. The cable spool assembly is engaged to a base panel of the tray. The cable spool assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the tray. The cable spool assembly includes a hub, a flange engaged to the hub and an adapter module. The flange defines a termination area. The adapter module is engaged to the termination module of the flange. The adapter module is adapted to slide relative to the flange in a direction that is generally parallel to the flange between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Krampotich, Jonathan Walter Coan
  • COMMUNICATION WIRE
    Publication number: 20110315427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved isolated core or insulated conductor with a low dielectric constant and reduced materials costs. Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing the improved isolated core or insulated conductor are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: DAVID WIEKHORST, ROBERT KENNY, JEFF STUTZMAN, JIM L. DICKMAN, SCOTT JUENGST, FRED JOHNSTON, SPRING STUTZMAN
  • CABLE MANAGEMENT PANEL
    Publication number: 20110317971
    Abstract: A cable management panel having a chassis and a sliding drawer. The drawer having a cable storage region, a cable splice region, and a cable termination region. The cable management panel including cable guides that define an incoming cable pathway to the cable storage region, and then to the cable splice region; an intermediate cable pathway to the cable termination region, and an outgoing cable pathway. The outgoing cable pathway having an S-curved cable routing configuration when the sliding drawer is closed. The chassis of the cable management panel defining an interior sized for receipt of one two-rack-unit drawer, or in the alternative, two one-rack-unit drawers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Zong-sheng Leng, Peng Cui, Thomas Chan
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110318965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications jack including a housing having a port for receiving a plug. The jack also includes a plurality of contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing, and a plurality of wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack. The jack further includes a circuit board that electrically connects the contact springs to the wire termination contacts. The circuit board includes a multi-zone crosstalk compensation arrangement for reducing crosstalk at the jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: BERNARD HAROLD HAMMOND, JR., DAVID PATRICK MURRAY, IAN ROBERT GEORGE
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110318970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications jack including a housing having a port for receiving a plug. The jack also includes a plurality of contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing, and a plurality of wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack. The jack further includes a circuit board that electrically connects the contact springs to the wire termination contacts. The circuit board includes a multi-zone crosstalk compensation arrangement for reducing crosstalk at the jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Harold Hammond, JR., David Patrick Murray, Ian Robert George
  • L-shaped doors with trapezoidal seal
    Patent number: 8083302
    Abstract: A water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure configured to enclose at least one electronic module is provided. The water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure includes a base having a channel, a first L-shaped door rotatably attached to a first edge of the base, a second L-shaped door rotatably attached to a second edge of the base, a flange seal attached to a first flange on the first L-shaped door, and a compressible base-seal inserted into the channel. The compressible base-seal and the flange seal form an enclosure seal when the first L-shaped door and the second L-shaped door are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thompson, Michael J. Wayman, Michael J. Nelson
  • Regenerator unit
    Patent number: 8085816
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a central unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; a remote unit configured to transmit and receive communication signals; and a regenerator unit configured to regenerate and transmit received communication signals, the regenerator unit comprising a first interface, a second interface and a control and status circuit configured to control operation of the first and second interface, wherein each interface is configured to operate as an independent logical regenerator unit; wherein the central unit and the remote unit communicate over a first communication loop via the first independent interface of the regenerator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinkuan Zhou, Clifton Powers, Laxman Anne, Manish Sharma, Joe Polland
  • Fiber optic splice tray
    Patent number: 8086084
    Abstract: A splice tray includes a splice region and a fiber management region to facilitate splicing together two or more fibers. A cover may be pivotally coupled to the splice tray. The splice tray may be pivotally coupled to a second splice trays by coupling the splice tray to the cover of the second splice tray using an attachment assembly to form a splice tray arrangement. An attachment assembly may include one or more protrusions on the cover of the first splice tray that fit within openings and/or channels defined in the second splice tray or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Fernando Bran de León, Ryan J. Owens, Nicholas Torman
  • Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method
    Patent number: 8083416
    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 connectors of the assembly include removable keying members mountable to housings of the connectors. The removable keying members allow gender conversion and proper mating and orientation. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly also allows the individual 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: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarrod Scadden, M'Hamed Anis Khemakhem, Jeffrey Louis Peters, Wayne M. Kachmar
  • Electronics enclosure for suspended ceilings
    Patent number: 8083300
    Abstract: An electronics enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure comprises a top plate and a cabinet frame, having at least two sides, coupled to the top plate. The enclosure further comprises a base plate pivotally coupled to the cabinet frame at an opposing end from the top plate, where the base plate has an upper surface and a lower surface and covers an opening in the cabinet frame. Moreover, at least one mounting plate is pivotally coupled inside the cabinet frame to hold at least one electronic component within the cabinet frame between the base plate and the top plate. The at least one mounting plate rotates from a first position wherein the at least one mounting plate is stored within the cabinet frame to a second position wherein the at least one mounting plate extends through the opening in the cabinet frame that is covered by the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas G. MaCall
  • Base plate for telecommunications outlet box
    Patent number: D651595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Brent David Allwood, Brett Hoe Slater, Wayne William Dennes