Patent ID: 8981220
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H01R,H02G,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for interconnecting communication cables, wherein the system comprises: an input communication cable comprising a plurality of input wires, the plurality of input wires totaling a first number of wires, the plurality of input wires, at an external end of the input communication cable, communicatively connected to a first port connector of a first type; an output communication cable comprising a plurality of output wires, the plurality of output wires totaling a second number of wires, wherein the second number of wires is different from the first number of wires, the plurality of output wires, at an external end of the output communication cable, communicatively connected to a second port connector of a second type, wherein the first type of port connector is different from the second type of port connector; and a cable adapter that communicatively interconnects the input communication cable and the communication output cable, the cable adapter comprising: a plurality of attachment mechanisms located in the container, each of the plurality of attachment mechanisms defining two opposing openings and having disposed therebetween an internal conductive connector that communicatively and reversibly connects one of the plurality of input wires, at an internal end of the input communication cable, with a corresponding one of the plurality of output wires, at an internal end of the output communication cable;