Patent ID: 6826280
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications equipment for use with twisted pair cable comprising:a chassis including a grooming panel having a first array of connectors, and a second array of connectors, each of the connectors of the first and second arrays of connectors including a plurality of pairs of conductors; the grooming panel including a first side and a second side, the first side of the grooming panel defining connector locations for mounting with twisted pair cable connectors, the second side of the grooming panel defining a grooming area; a plurality of conductors positioned in the grooming area linking each conductor of selected pairs of conductors from the connectors of the first array of connectors to a respective conductor of selected pairs of conductors from the connectors of the second array of connectors, wherein conductor pairs from a plurality of selected connectors in the first array are linked to respective conductor pairs of a selected connector of the second array.