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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Michael Bake, Bochum, DE;
Udo Bendig, Schwerte, DE;
Klaus Werner Bohle, Bottrop, DE;
Wolf-dieter Fischer, Wuppertal, DE;
Achim Halfmann, Wuppertal, DE;
Axel Koruschowitz, Haan, DE;
Michael Mansholt, Köln, DE;
Peter R. Orda, Wuppertal, DE;
Michael Bake, Bochum, DE;
Udo Bendig, Schwerte, DE;
Klaus Werner Bohle, Bottrop, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Fischer, Wuppertal, DE;
Achim Halfmann, Wuppertal, DE;
Axel Koruschowitz, Haan, DE;
Michael Mansholt, Köln, DE;
Peter R. Orda, Wuppertal, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A contact bank, which can be terminated, or is terminated, at least one terminal module serving for signal communication and being adapted to allow telecommunications lines to be connected therewith, or at least one supplementary module, of a telecommunications distribution point, which is connected to a terminal module, whereby the contact bank further is mountable or mounted in the telecommunications distribution point, includes: (a) a plurality of tapping contacts directly and permanently electrically connected to the contacts of the module in the terminated condition of said contact bank; (b) a smaller number of outlet contacts than of tapping contacts; (c) a plurality of remote-controllable switches for selectively electrically connecting said outlet contacts to said tapping contacts; and (d) a control device for controlling the plurality of switches.