Patent ID: 8106318

Claim:
A wiring standard selector switch comprising: a first printed circuit board having thereon a wiring standard printed circuit defining a plurality of different network wiring standards; a second printed circuit board having thereon a set of input contacts and a set of output contacts arranged to be in electrical contact with the first printed circuit board and a set of input leads electrically connected to the set of input contacts and being adapted to receive an input connector and a set of output leads electrically connected to the set of output contacts and being adapted to receive an output connector; a selector switch enclosure being adapted to ensure that the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are parallel and in electrical contact with each other and allowing the first printed circuit board to be longitudinally slidable in a slidable direction in relation to the second printed circuit board via at least one longitudinal guiding slot; and a switching collar rotatably mounted on the outer surface of the selector switch enclosure having at least one helical guiding cam groove on its inner surface for guiding at least one stud of a cam follower that is adapted to be rigidly affixed to the first printed circuit board; whereby a rotating mechanical action from a rotation of the switching collar at predetermined amounts is converted into a longitudinal mechanical action via a combination of the at least one helical guiding cam groove, the at least one longitudinal guiding slot and the at least one stud causes the cam follower which is rigidly affixed to the first printed circuit board to longitudinally slide at predetermined space intervals, the set of input contacts and the set of output contacts engage the wiring standard printed circuit so as to establish a different complete circuit at each of the predetermined space intervals between each of the set of input leads and the set of output leads, wherein each of the different complete circuits correspond to one of the plurality of different network wiring standards.