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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Friedrich Denter, Castrop-Rauxel, DE;
Dietrich Schluter, Dorsten-Emmelkamp, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A grounding plate ( ) includes the following features: said grounding plate ( ) includes in its rear portion at least one contact section ( ) integrally formed with said grounding plate ( ) for contacting a telecommunications rack-mount ( ), said grounding plate ( ) is configured essentially flat, including said contact section ( ) and with the exception of comparatively short angled items ( ), if any, which serve for positioning said grounding plate ( ) in or on a telecommunications module ( ) relative to a direction perpendicular to the sheet-metal plane of said grounding plate ( ), said grounding plate ( ) includes in its front portion several contact fingers ( ), said grounding plate ( ) can be mounted on a telecommunications module such that each contact finger ( ) is in contact with a section of a contact of the module, and said grounding plate ( ) can be mounted together with the module on a telecommunications rack-mount such that said contact section ( ) is in contact with a mainly troughed telecommunications rack-mount, said telecommunications module is provided with one such grounding plate ( ) and said telecommunications rack-mounting system is provided with at least one such module.