Northern Telecom Limited

Kenneth W McLean

Charles R Walker

Michael A Tenace

Edward Chu

Scott B Campbell

Barry K Klassen

Gerd Kuhfus

A telephone line connector for location between a telephone and a plurality of outlet sockets and in which the connector is connectable to a power cable. The connector has a plurality of input signal sockets and a common signal and power output socket. A pair of power input terminals are connected to the common socket. The common socket also has pairs of signal output terminals connected in such a way that the connector through the input signal sockets is connectable to a plurality of wall outlets, each of which may have a single pair or a plurality of pairs of lines connected to it. The connector is thus capable of transferring all of those lines, as required, to a telephone together with power.

Telephone liner connector

Telephone line connector

A mount for connecting together two articles, the mount comprising a wall and two sets of latches projecting from the wall. The mount is particularly useful for connecting a visual readout display unit to a aprinted circuit board in a telephone where minimum height requirements are paramount. The latches are provided in two sets, one set for registration with each article and a latch of each set is disposed, along the wall, between latches of the other set.

Mounts for articles

A method for manufacturing electrical receptacles using automated processes. A continuous strip of lead frames is fed into an apparatus which attaches and forms contact wires to each individual lead frame. Each lead frame is then affixed to a pre-formed terminal block. A forming process is performed on the lead frame and contact wires to create a base for the jack receptacle. A jack body is then placed over the contact wires, combining the contact wires into a final position to form the electrical receptacle.

Method of manufacturing electrical receptacles

A snap-together enclosure comprises a cover, a shutter mechanism, and a base plate. The enclosure is designed to encase a jack receptacle body which is heat staked to a terminal block. The shutter mechanism is snapped into a hole in the cover and is held in place by means of tabs on the shutter and interfering ridges on the cover. The terminal block is snapped into the base plate by means of tabs on the base plate and interfering ridges on the terminal block. Finally, the cover is snapped onto the base plate, again by use of tabs and interfering ridges on the cover and base plate respectively. When the cover and shutter assembly is attached to the base plate, the jack receptacle body, enclosed therein, pushes against back walls of the tabs on the shutter to prevent the shutter from disengaging with the ridges on the cover. The cover further holds the terminal block in position by integral ribs within the cover pressing against back walls of tabs on the base plate, thereby preventing the terminal block from disengaging from the base plate.

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London, Canada

Kenneth W McLean