Self-normaling jack barrel assembly with impedance balancing element

Claim 1

A SELF-NORMALLING JACK FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING A FIRST COAXIAL CABLE TO A SECOND, OR FOR DISCONNECTING THEM, AND ALSO ADAPTED TO CONNECT EITHER OF THEM TO OTHER COAXIAL CABLES WHEN DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER, COMPRISING, (A) FIRST AND SECOND JACK BARRELS RIGIDLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TOGETHER, EACH HAVING ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF A CENTRAL CONDUCTOR INSULATED FROM THE BARREL, BUT WITH EXPOSED UNINSULATED PORTIONS WITHIN THE BARREL, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID JACK BARRELS BEING OPEN AND THE WALL OF EACH JACK BARREL HAVING A TRANSVERSE OPENING THERETHROUGH ALIGNED WITH THE EXPOSED PORTION OF SAID CENTRAL CONDUCTORS, (B) A SHORTING ROD EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID JACK BARRELS, INTO SAID TRANSVERSE OPENINGS THERETHROUGH AND WITH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS ENGAGING THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID CENTRAL CONDUCTORS, THEREBY CONNECTING THEM, (C) RESILIENT MEANS URGING SAID SHORTING ROD INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CENTRAL CONDUCTORS, (D) NON-CONDUCTIVE MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID TRANSVERSE OPENING IN SAID JACK BARRELS AND INTO THE PATH OF A PATCHCORD OR DUMMY PLUG INSERTED INTO THE OPEN END OF EITHER BARREL, (E) SAID NON-CONDUCTIVE MEANS EACH BEING EFFECTIVE TO SEPARATE ONE END OF SAID SHORTING ROD FROM ITS RESPECTIVE CENTRAL CONDUCTOR UPON THE INSERTION OF A PATCHCORD OR DUMMY PLUG INTO THE OPEN END OF ITS RESPECTIVE JACK BARREL, (F) A NORMALLY ELECTRICALLY FLOATING CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE BALANCING ELEMENT, (G) AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO ELECTRICALLY CONNECT SAID CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE BALANCING ELEMENT TO SAID SHORTING ROD AND TO SAID JACK BARRELS UPON SEPARATION OF EITHER END OF SAID SHORTING ROD FROM ITS RESPECTIVE CENTRAL CONDUCTOR.