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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Terry Cobb, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Terry Cobb, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Communications patching devices are provided that include a mounting frame and a first jack that is mounted to the mounting frame. The first jack has a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals and a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of conductive paths that each electrically connect a respective one of the input terminals to a respective one of the output terminals. The printed circuit board further includes a plurality of electronic static discharge circuits, each of which circuit provides a path for discharging static charges to ground. Related methods and RJ-45 jacks are also provided.