Ronald A Wild

US Patent:

D3184692, Jul 23, 1991

Filed:

Apr 20, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/511605

Inventors:

Richard M. Joffe - Teaneck NJ
John N. McGarvey - Drexel Hill PA
Ronald L. Wild - Carmel IN

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

US Classification:

D14146

US Patent:

63027283, Oct 16, 2001

Filed:

Dec 29, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/222504

Inventors:

Theodore A. Conorich - Lake Hiawatha NJ
Leonard H. Drexler - Carmel IN
Ronald L. Wild - Carmel IN

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H01R 1372
H01R 424
H01R 426
H01R 1120

US Classification:

439501

Abstract:

A patch panel with reverse cordage exit patch cord incorporates a plurality of jacks, with each of the jacks having a plug-receiving cavity formed therein. The jacks are mounted to the patch panel so that their respective plug-receiving cavities are oriented away from the mounting surface to which the panel is mounted. In a preferred embodiment, the patch panel incorporates patch cords with cordage extending from their respective patch cord plugs in a first direction. Each patch cord plug is adapted to matingly engage a plug-receiving cavity of a patch panel jack when the patch cord plug is inserted into the plug-receiving cavity in the first direction. Thus configured, the cordage of the patch cord is directed toward the mounting surface when the plug of the patch cord engages the plug-receiving cavity of the patch panel.