Telephone type electrical connectors

Claim 2

An electrical connector body on which to mount pluggable electrical protector modules used with a main distributing frame of a telephone central office comprising: an elongated flat rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces, a plurality of socket type apertures opening from the front surface of said panel, a plurality of elongated wire forms positioned on said panel with at least two pairs of said wire forms used in connection with each socket type aperture, the opposite end portions of each wire form of the respective pairs of wire forms being positioned with respect to its associated aperture to provide a first end portion extending outwardly from said front surface and a second end portion positioned interiorly of said associated aperture, and said two pairs of wire forms for each socket type aperture being provided to complete an electrical conductive current path between at least a pair of incoming subscriber line pairs and a pair of outgoing central office line pairs when said electrical protector module is inserted into said socket type aperture.

Claim 3

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 1 wherein one pair of each of said two pairs of wire forms which are used in connection with each socket type aperture has the first end portions thereof positioned axially along a central region of said panel while the other pair of said two pairs of wire forms has the first end portions thereof positioned axially along a selected one of the opposite edge regions of said panel, each of said apertures is disposed intermediately of the first end portions of said two pairs of said wire forms, and the plurality of first end portions of said wire forms which are positioned in the central region of said panel comprise a first set of pin terminals and the plurality of first end portions of said wire forms which are positioned in the opposite edge regions of said panel comprise a second set of pin terminals.

Claim 4

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 2 wherein said first and second sets of pin terminals are connectible to multiple line pairs of incoming subscriber and outgoing central office telephone transmission lines, respectively, and said first and second sets of pin terminals comprise electrical test points for first and second test fields, respectively, whereby electrical teSt connections to both incoming and outgoing line pairs are provided.

Claim 5

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 2 wherein said elongated wire forms having said first and second end portions are generally U-shaped configured wire forms with the leg sections thereof comprising said first and second end portions, and said panel includes increased thickness dimensions intermediately of said first and second sets of pin terminals to comprise a pair of raised bosses on said panel with said apertures disposed in said bosses, the increased thickness dimension of said panel being at least equal to the extension of said leg sections of said wire forms for providing that said second end portions terminate within said apertures.

Claim 6

An electrical connector body on which to mount pluggable electrical protector modules used with main distributing frames of telephone central offices, comprising: an elongated substantially flat rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces, a first set of electrical pin terminals extending outwardly from the front surface of said panel in substantially a central region of the width of said panel, said first set of pin terminals extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel, a second set of electrical pin terminals extending outwardly from the front surface of said panel in substantially the edge regions of said panel, said second set of pin terminals extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel, and two separate sets of socket type apertures opening from the front surface of said panel, said apertures having interior pin terminals and being disposed intermediately of said centrally positioned first set of pin terminals and each edge regionally positioned second set of pin terminals, respectively, said two sets of apertures extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel substantially the same distance as said first and second sets of pin terminals.

Claim 7

An electrical connector body on which to mount pluggable electrical protector modules used with main distributing frames of telephone central offices, comprising: an elongated substantially flat rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces, a first set of electrical pin terminals extending outwardly from the front surface of said panel in substantially a central region of the width of said panel, said first set of pin terminals extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel, a second set of electrical pin terminals extending outwardly from the front surface of said panel in substantially the edge regions of said panel, said second set of pin terminals extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel, and two separate sets of socket type apertures opening from the front surface of said panel, said apertures having interior pin terminals and being disposed intermediately of said centrally positioned first set of pin terminals and each edge regionally positioned second set of pin terminals, respectively, said two sets of apertures extending axially along the elongated dimension of said panel substantially the same distance as said first and second sets of pin terminals.

Claim 8

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 5 wherein at least selected pairs of pin terminals of said first set and selected pairs of pin terminals of said second set are extended into selected ones of said socket type apertures which are disposed intermediately of said pairs of first and second set pin terminals to provide said interior pin terminals in the form of two pairs of said interior pin terminals within each of said apertures.

Claim 9

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 6 wherein said socket type apertures are provided with separate ground pin terminals, respectively, for providing means for grounding said pluggable electrical protector modules.

Claim 10

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 6 wherein said selected pairs of pin terminals from said first and second sets of pin terminals and said selected ones of said apertures are disposed generally in transverse alignment with each other across said panel to provide multiple associated sets of pin terminals and apertures, predetermined ones of said multiple associated sets of pin terminals and apertures being equally spaced from each other longitudinally of said panel and predetermined others of said multiple associated sets of pin terminals and apertures being equally spaced from each other longitudinally of said panel and further being offset longitudinally and transversely of said panel with respect to said predeterminaed ones of said multiple associated sets of pin terminals and apertures for facilitating the aesthetic association of said multiple sets with particular pluggable protector modules and further facilitating the insertion and removal of said protector modules from said connecotor body.

Claim 11

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 8 wherein said extended pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals comprise elongated generally U-shaped wire forms having one of a longer and a shorter length in the bight sections thereof, said predetermined ones and said predetermined others of said multiple associated sets of pin teRminals and apertures comprise first and second interspersed matrices of equally spaced horizontal rows of said associated sets having at least two associated sets of pin terminals and transversely aligned apertures in each row thereof, the aperture of one associated set of pin terminals and apertures in each horizontal row of said first and second matrices being alternately positioned more nearly adjacent the selected pair of pin terminals of said second and first sets of pin terminals, respectively, and the aperture of the other associated set in each horizontal row of said first and second matrices being positioned more nearly adjacent the selected pair of pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals, respectively, said selected pairs of pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals which are used with said one associated set in each horizontal row of said first and second matrices are comprised alternately of longer and shorter wire forms and then shorter and longer wire forms, respectively, and said selected pairs of pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals which are used with said other associated set in each horizontal row of said first and second matrices are comprised alternately of shorter and longer and then longer and shorter wire forms, respectively.

Claim 12

A method for assembling the connector body of claim 9 wherein said longer and shorter elongated wire forms are positioned on said panel from the rear surface of said panel and the wiring leads for the incoming and outgoing line pairs are connected to said first and second sets of pin terminals, respectively, from the front surface of said panel.

Claim 13

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 6 wherein said selected pairs of pin terminals from said first and second sets of pin terminals are connectible to multiple line pairs of incoming subscriber and outgoing central office telephone transmission lines, respectively, and said selected pairs from said first and second sets of pin terminals comprise electrical test points for first and second test fields, respectively, whereby electrical test connections to both incoming and out-going line pairs are provided.

Claim 14

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 6 wherein each of said apertures includes one of a shoulder member and a groove for cooperating with the other of a shoulder member and a groove provided on said pluggable protector modules to to permit the keyed insertion of said protector modules into said apertures.

Claim 15

An electrical connector body on which to mount pluggable modules comprising: an elongated substantially flat rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces, first and second sets of pin terminals spaced apart on said panel and extending at once both outwardly from and axially along the front surface of said panel, respectively, a set of apertures opening from the front surface of said panel, each aperture being disposed intermediately of a selected pair of said first set of pin terminals and a selected pair of said second set of pin terminals which are generally oppositely disposed from said selected pair of said first set of pin terminals for providing an associated set of pin terminals and apertures, at least two pairs of interior pin terminals within each of said apertures for engaging with said pluggable modules, predetermined ones of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures equally spaced from each other axially along said panel and predetermined others of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures equally spaced from each other axially along said panel, said predetermined others being offset at once both longitudinally and transversely of said panel with respect to said predetermined ones of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures for facilitating the aesthetic association of said associated sets with particular pluggable modules and further facilitating the insertion and removal of said modules from said connector body.

Claim 16

An electrical connector body on which to mount pluggable modules comprising: an elongated substantially flat rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces, first and second sets of pin terminals spaced apart on said panel and extending at once both outwardly from and axially along the front surface of said panel, respectively, a set of apertures opening from the front surface of said panel, each aperture being disposed intermediately of a selected pair of said first set of pin terminals and a selected pair of said second set of pin terminals which are generally oppositely disposed from said selected pair of said first set of pin terminals for providing an associated set of pin terminals and apertures, at least two pairs of interior pin terminals within each of said apertures for engaging with said pluggable modules, predetermined ones of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures equally spaced from each other axially along said panel and predetermined others of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures equally spaced from each other axially along said panel, said predetermined others being offset at once both longitudinally and transversely of said panel with respect to said predetermined ones of said associated sets of pin terminals and apertures for facilitating the aesthetic association of said associated sets with particular pluggable modules and further facilitating the insertion and removal of said modules from said connector body.

Claim 17

An electriCal connector body as claimed in claim 13 wherein said first and second sets of said pin terminals of said predetermined ones and said predetermined others of said associated sets of pin terminals are extended into said intermediately disposed apertures, respectively, to provide said two pairs of interior pin terminals in each of said apertures.

Claim 18

An electrical connector body as claimed in claim 14 wherein said extended pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals comprise elongated generally U-shaped wire forms having one of a longer and a shorter length in the bight sections thereof, the apertures of said predetermined ones of said associated sets being selectively more closely spaced to one of said first and second sets of pin terminals and the apertures of said predetermined others of said associated sets being selectively more closely spaced to the other of said first and second sets of pin terminals, said selected pairs of pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals which are used with said predetermined ones of said associated sets are comprised of said longer and shorter wire forms, respectively, and said selected pairs of pin terminals of said first and second sets of pin terminals which are used with said predetermined others of said associated sets are comprised of said shorter and longer wire forms, respectively.