Michael P German

US Patent:

63303078, Dec 11, 2001

Filed:

Feb 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/247385

Inventors:

Brian Matthew Bloch - North Plainfield NJ
Golam Mabud Choudhury - Warren NJ
Lyndon D. Ensz - Omaha NE
Michael Gregory German - Secaucus NJ
Daniel Warren Macauley - Fishers IN

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 124

US Classification:

379 25

Abstract:

A graphics overlay for displaying the location of a traced connector port in a telecommunications patching system. The graphics overlay is the visible portion of a tracing interface module that is viewed by a technician performing a patch cord tracing procedure. The graphics overlay serves three primary functions. The first function is to provide is a visual indication that can inform a technician as to the location of a patch cord in a telecommunications patch system. The second function is to provide a trace button so that a technician can initiate a trace from any patch cord connect port in the patching system. Lastly, the third function is to identify the patch cord at each connector port in the telecommunications patching system. The present invention provides different embodiments of a graphics overlay that all embody the necessary functions yet are uniquely adapted for use in a telecommunications patch cord tracing system.

US Patent:

60508434, Apr 18, 2000

Filed:

Jul 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/903973

Inventors:

Luc Walter Adriaenssens - Red Bank NJ
Theodore Alan Conorich - Parsippany Township, Morris County NJ
Michael Gregory German - Secaucus NJ
Amid Ihsan Hashim - West Hartford CT
Bryan S. Moffitt - Red Bank NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H01R 424

US Classification:

439404

Abstract:

A connector block for electrically cross-connecting two sets of conductors. The connector block has a wiring block with a plurality of insulation displacement contacts for mating with a first set of TIP conductors and a second set of RING conductors. An index strip made from dielectric material, is provided for securing the TIP and RING conductors against their respective contacts, wherein the index strip includes a plurality of C-shaped metal clips which provide crosstalk compensation in the connector block thereby providing the connector block with a worst conductor pair to conductor pair near-end crosstalk loss @100 MHz of better than 55 dB.