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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
Ahmad R. Sajadi, Eagan, MN (US);
Robert M. Cain, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
Robert J. Koziy, Burnsville, MN (US);
Todd A. Morgenstern, Savage, MN (US);
Steven M. Swam, Shakopee, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Telecommunications systems are provided which include telecommunications equipment, multi-pair connectors and cables, and management devices for grooming the conductors of the connectors and cables for efficient use of the conductor pairs between equipment. A further management device provides cross-connect fields for the conductor pairs of the system. A chassis may house the grooming device, any cross-connect device, and possibly a POTS splitter device. The grooming and cross-connects may be manually controlled, or electronically controlled, including locally or remotely.