公开(公告)号：US11271350B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16620185

申请日：2018-06-08

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Bryan Scott Moffitt ,  Scott Martin Keith

IPC: H01R24/64 ,  H01R31/06 ,  H01R103/00

Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate various patch cord and mounting configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an RJ 45 style connector or RJ 45 style jack/receptacle configuration in a reduced footprint, e.g. one-half, one-third or one-quarter the size of a standard RJ 45 connector or jack/receptacle.

公开(公告)号：US11652322B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16608126

申请日：2018-04-24

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Scott Martin Keith ,  Amid Ihsan Hashim ,  Bryan Scott Moffitt ,  Shawn Phillip Tobey

IPC: H01R13/502 ,  H01R13/6463 ,  H01R13/64 ,  H01R31/06

CPC classification number: H01R13/6463 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R13/64 ,  H01R31/06

Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.