Patent ID: 8342858
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A patch panel, comprising: a housing exhibiting a front face; a plurality of first connectors, each said first connector providing external access via the front face to a set of conductor terminals, the set of conductor terminals including a first subset and a second subset; a plurality of second connectors, each said second connector corresponding to one of the first connectors, each said second connector providing external access via the front face to a set of conductor terminals, the set of conductor terminals to which said second connector provides access via the front face being connected by respective conductive pathways to the first subset of conductor terminals to which the corresponding one of the first connectors provides access via the front face; and a plurality of third connectors, each said third connector corresponding to one of the first connectors, each said third connector providing external access via the front face to a set of conductor terminals, the set of conductor terminals to which said third connector provides access via the front face being connected by respective conductive pathways to the second subset of conductor terminals to which the corresponding one of the first connectors provides access via the front face.