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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Wayne Scott Filus, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Antonio Albino Figueiredo, Belleville, NJ (US);
Adam Stuart Kane, Morristown, NJ (US);
Theodore Edward Kluska, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Wayne David Larsen, Indianapolis, NJ (US);
Jeremia Patrick Starace, Nutley, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A mounting arrangement between connector modules of a double-sided modular connecting block and polarity sensitive current and voltage limiting circuit protection devices. Connector modules having multiple pairs of insulation displacement connecting (IDC) terminals are insertable into a mounting bracket to form the double-sided connecting block. Exclusionary posts are selectively molded into a front and rear side of the connector modules and correspond to each pair of terminals. The posts on the front of a connector module align and mate with a cavity included on a front-mounted current and voltage limiting protection device. Similarly posts molded in a different location on the rear side of the connector module align and mate with a cavity included in a rear-mounted protection module. The corresponding posts and cavities create an exclusionary key and slot interface which prevents circuit protection devices of improper polarity from being inserted within the wrong side of a connector module. The exclusionary mounting scheme ensures against erroneous installation of circuit protection devices which can disrupt communications and provide inadequate circuit protection.