Patent ID: 6099333
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An interface device for selectively and simultaneously connecting and disconnecting lines of a service supplier with lines of a customer via their respective conductive paths, said device comprising: an electrical conductive test instrumentation connecting device comprising a cavity and at least one flexible electrically conductive member in the same plane as its corresponding customer line conductive paths external to said cavity for interconnecting with a mating connection of a test instrumentation, each of said conductive members having first and second ends and a middle portion with said first end being connected to the service lines and said second end having a bent hook shape extending beyond said cavity and being selectively connected and disconnected to the customer lines, said conductive member simultaneously disconnecting the service lines from the customer lines and connecting the test instrumentation to the service lines in response to said middle portion of said conductive member interconnecting with said mating connection of the test instrumentation, and simultaneously connecting the customer lines to the service lines and disconnecting the test instrumentation from the service lines in response to the disconnecting of said mating connection of said test instrumentation from said middle portion of said conductive member.