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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ignacio A. Linares, Plano, TX (US);
James C. McKinley, Frisco, TX (US);
Teck Q. Chin, Richardson, TX (US);
Dennis J. Harkin, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel, societe anonyme, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and system is provided for coupling an ethernet switch to communication link(s) in a communication network without requiring the disconnection and reconnection of the communication link(s). A module is configured to accommodate components of an ethernet switch, and can be modularly introduced into a communication rack and quickly engaged with rack-mounted mating connectors which are coupled to the communication link(s).