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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Benedict, Cheswick, PA (US);
Bradford R. Holmes, Allison Park, PA (US);
Larry Mortimer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Tollgrade Communications, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ;
Abstract
An electronic relay matrix ( ) is connectable between a plurality of customer telephone lines and a plurality of testers ( ). The electronic relay matrix ( ) includes a line matrix ( ) having a plurality of relay assemblies ( ). Each relay assembly ( ) in a relaxed state connects together the line-side ( ) and the drop-side ( ) of one of the customer telephone lines. Each relay assembly ( ) is adjustable to enable one of the plurality of testers ( ) to be connected to the drop-side ( ) and/or the line-side ( ) of a desired customer telephone line.