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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas L. Cowan, Snellville, GA (US);
Jason A. Kay, Morristown, NJ (US);
David S. Kerr, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Ivan Pawlenko, Holland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
A modular jack for telephone and data equipment test access ports including a cover having substantially the same thermal coefficient of expansion as its housing, and which is integral with the housing to prevent its being lost during usage or testing. The cover extends inwardly of the housing, to rotate further inwardly, automatically, upon the insertion of the plug into the housing to complete the electrical circuit.