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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Raul Medina, Chicago, IL (US);
John J. Daly, Chicago, IL (US);
Stratos Lightwave, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A module is provided for attaching to a flexible shielded cable including individual conductors. The module includes a die cast housing, a printed circuit board mounted within the die cast metal housing, a metal D-shell ribbon style host connector associated with the die cast metal housing, first and second apertures formed in the die cast metal housing, first and second guide tabs formed on the printed circuit board and arranged to protrude through the first and second apertures, and insulation displacement contact (IDC) connector header mounted within the die cast metal housing, and an insulation displacement contact (IDC) cover insert affixed to the die cast metal housing so as to engage individual conductors and forces the conductors onto the knife contacts of the IDC connector header when the two are brought together. The die cast metal housing having a base member and a cover. The module is hot pluggable.