Patent ID: 6783395
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A mounting kit for mounting a telecommunications connector to a panel comprising:a yoke defining an opening with at least one pair of planar opposing faces; an adapter with an interior and an exterior, the adapter including two identical halves, the interior defining an opening sized to fit about the connector, and the exterior including at least one pair of opposing planar flats and sized to fit within the opening of the yoke; wherein the adapter engages at least one pair of opposing mounting flats on an exterior of the connector when the adapter is placed about the connector, so that the longitudinal positions of the connector and the adapter are fixed with respect to one another; and wherein the at least one pair of opposing flats of the adapter engage the at least one pair of planar opposing faces within the opening of the yoke when the yoke is placed about the adapter, so that the relative position of the adapter and the yoke is fixed with respect to one another.