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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Sterling Vaden, Black Mountain, NC (US);
Derrick F. Stikeleather, Swannanoa, NC (US);
William R. Reynolds, Asheville, NC (US);
Sumio Seo, South Wallingford, VT (US);
William B. Everette, Asheville, NC (US);
Sterling Vaden, Black Mountain, NC (US);
Derrick F. Stikeleather, Swannanoa, NC (US);
William R. Reynolds, Asheville, NC (US);
Sumio Seo, South Wallingford, VT (US);
William B. Everette, Asheville, NC (US);
Superior Modular Products Incorporated, Swannanoa, NC (US);
Abstract
A keyed modular connection system including a nonstandard wiring configuration, a plug wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration and including exterior surfaces that define plug recesses, a jack wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration and including interior surface that define jack recesses, plug protrusions extending from the external surfaces of the plug and configured to be received by the jack recesses when the plug is inserted into the jack, jack protrusions extending from the internal surfaces of the jack and configured to be received by the plug recesses when the plug is inserted into the jack, and when a plug not wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration is attempted to be inserted into the jack, the jack protrusions prevent the attempted insertion, and when the plug is attempted to be inserted into a jack not wired in the preselected nonstandard wiring configuration, the plug protrusions prevent the attempted insertion.