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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Tyco Electronics Uk Ltd., Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics UK LTD., Wiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 47/00 (2013.01); Y10T 307/747 (2015.04); H04L 49/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to an apparatus comprising one or more front connectors, wherein each front connector comprises a respective interface configured to read a storage device associated with a connector that is adapted to be connected to the front connector. The apparatus further comprises one or more rear connection points and one or more switches. The apparatus is configured to automatically configure the apparatus at least in part based on information read from the storage device.