Patent ID: 7244131
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coaxial switching jack comprising: a housing including a pair of rear cable connection locations and a pair of front cable connection locations, each front cable connection location configured to receive a mating coaxial cable connector; a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within the housing, each coaxial assembly having a first end adjacent one of the front cable connection locations and a second end adjacent one of the rear cable connection locations, each coaxial assembly including a center conductor and an outer shell conductor, the center conductors of the coaxial assemblies being electrically connected to each other and the outer shell conductors of the coaxial assemblies being electrically connected to each other; a resistor moveably mounted within the housing, the resistor moveable between an “ON” position and an “OFF” position without being removed from the housing; a switch selectively disconnecting the center conductors and the outer shell conductors, respectively, wherein insertion of the mating coaxial cable connector into one of the front cable connection locations removes the center conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly from electrical contact with the center conductor of the other coaxial assembly and removes the outer shell conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly from electrical contact with the outer shell conductor of the other coaxial assembly, and electrically connects a center conductor of the mating coaxial cable connector with the center conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly and electrically connects an outer shell conductor of the mating coaxial cable connector with the outer shell conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly; wherein once the mating coaxial cable connector is inserted into one of the front cable connections to engage the corresponding coaxial assembly, the outer shell conductor and the center conductor of the other coaxial assembly are electrically connected through the resistor when the resistor is in the “ON” position and the outer shell conductor and the center conductor of the other coaxial assembly are electrically isolated from each other when the resistor is in the “OFF” position.