Patent ID: 8811605
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A kit for providing intelligence capability to a communications patch panel, comprising: a housing adapted to be attached to a patch panel, the housing having a body portion and pairs of lower, middle and upper legs extending from opposite sides of the body portion; a cover adapted to be attached to the housing, the cover having a central body and pairs of lower, middle and upper legs extending from opposite sides of the central body; and a printed circuit board (PCB) having a body section and pairs of lower, middle and upper legs extending from opposite sides of the body section, the PCB being adapted for attachment to the housing and cover, with the body section being sandwiched between the body portion and the central body, the PCB lower legs being sandwiched between the cover lower legs and the housing lower legs, the PCB middle legs being sandwiched between the cover middle legs and the housing middle legs, and the PCB upper legs being sandwiched between the cover upper legs and the housing upper legs; the PCB further comprising electronic circuitry configured to detect the presence or absence of a connector positioned between one of the PCB middle legs and either (a) one of the PCB upper legs or (b) one of the PCB lower legs.