Patent ID: 8360792
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H01R,H04Q,Y10S

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, the housing including an open side and a cover positioned to cover the open side, the cover and the housing cooperating to define an interior, the housing further including a tab and an opposing cantilevered latch extending from an exterior of the housing, the tab and the cantilever latch configured to mount the housing to a piece of telecommunications equipment with a snap-fit interlock; a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within the housing, 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 assembly mounted to the housing, the resistor assembly including a resistor, wherein a resistance level provided by the resistor assembly can be changed from the exterior of the housing without removing the cover 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 a 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 of the resistor assembly.