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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Michael Frye, Palmyra, PA (US);
Brian John Gillespie, Jr., Hummelstown, PA (US);
Christopher Michael Brink, Middletown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1477 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backplane or backplane module for transmitting data along a signal path of a network to one or more functional modules attached to the signal path includes a printed circuit board, a functional module electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a mechanically actuated bypass circuit assembly that maintains signal continuity along the signal path when a function module is not attached to the function module electrical connector.