Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication connectors utilizing multiple contact points
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Application No.: US17034804Application Date: 2020-09-28
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Publication No.: US11387606B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Joshua A. Valenti , Sean W. Lenz , Paul W. Wachtel , Robert E. Fransen , Satish I. Patel
- Applicant: Panduit Corp.
- Applicant Address: US IL Tinley Park
- Assignee: Panduit Corp.
- Current Assignee: Panduit Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Tinley Park
- Agent Christopher S. Clancy; James H. Williams; Christopher K. Marlow
- Main IPC: H01R13/6461
- IPC: H01R13/6461 ; H01R24/64 ; H01R13/26 ; H01R13/6581 ; H01R12/58 ; H01R13/6466 ; H01R107/00

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210013678A1 Communication Connectors Utilizing Multiple Contact Points Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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