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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Guilibaldo Ruiz, McKinney, TX (US);
Patrick Fariello, Murphy, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A kit for providing intelligence capability to a communications frame includes: a housing having a central portion, pairs of upper members extending from opposite sides of the central portion, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members; a rear cover attached to the housing, the cover having a central body, pairs of upper legs extending from opposite sides of the central body, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members; and a PCB having a central section, pairs of upper members extending from opposite sides of the central section, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members, the PCB being adapted for attachment to the housing and rear cover, with the central section being sandwiched between the central portion and the central body, the PCB upper members being sandwiched between the rear cover upper members and the housing upper members, and the PCB fingers being sandwiched between the rear cover fingers and the housing fingers. The PCB further comprises electronic circuitry configured to detect the presence or absence of a connector positioned between adjacent PCB fingers.