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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Adc Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Joseph Polland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph C. Coffey, Burnsville, MN (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for connectors with insertion counters are provided. In one embodiment, a connector comprises: an interface configured to interface with a corresponding interface of a port to communicate signals between the port and a cable attached to the connector; at least one switch configured to change from a first state to a second state when the connector is inserted into the port; and a microcontroller configured to record insertion events, wherein the microcontroller increments an insertion count stored within the microcontroller when the at least one switch transitions from the first state to the second state.