Patent ID: 7491066
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A patch panel comprising: N signal input terminals, wherein N is an integer greater than one; an output module having N signal output terminals and at least one standby signal output terminal, each of the at least one standby signal output terminals capable of replacing one of the signal output terminals when one of the signal output terminals cannot be used; and an adapter module having a slide board and N sliding blocks, the sliding blocks capable of being slid parallel to and at least partially inside the slide board via a groove defined in the slide board, each of the sliding blocks comprising an electrically contact mounted on one end thereof and connected to a corresponding signal input terminal via another end thereof, the slide board comprising a plurality of electrical terminals mounted thereon and respectively connected to the signal output terminals and the at least one standby signal output terminal, the electrical contacts of the sliding blocks capable of selectively electrically contacting the electrical terminals of the slide board by sliding of the sliding blocks from an initial connection position to another connection position in the groove; wherein the electrical contacts of the sliding blocks and the electrical terminals are exposed out of the slide board.