Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Patent
1995-05-17
1997-07-01
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
439922, H01R 1364
Patent
active
056430140
ABSTRACT:
A mounting arrangement between connector modules of a double-sided modular connecting block and polarity sensitive current and voltage limiting circuit protection devices. Connector modules having multiple pairs of insulation displacement connecting (IDC) terminals are insertable into a mounting bracket to form the double-sided connecting block. Exclusionary posts are selectively molded into a front and rear side of the connector modules and correspond to each pair of terminals. The posts on the front of a connector module align and mate with a cavity included on a front-mounted current and voltage limiting protection device. Similarly posts molded in a different location on the rear side of the connector module align and mate with a cavity included in a rear-mounted protection module. The corresponding posts and cavities create an exclusionary key and slot interface which prevents circuit protection devices of improper polarity from being inserted within the wrong side of a connector module. The exclusionary mounting scheme ensures against erroneous installation of circuit protection devices which can disrupt communications and provide inadequate circuit protection.
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Figueiredo Antonio Albino
Filus Wayne Scott
Kane Adam Stuart
Kluska Theodore Edward
Larsen Wayne David
Abrams Neil
Kim Yong Ki
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
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