Modular adapter and connector cable for video equipment

Claim 1

Apparatus for connecting the VHF output terminal of a video cassette recorder to a 75 ohm input terminal of video equipment, comprising: first and second modular adapters, each said adapter comprising: an insulating housing comprising a modular jack portion having a modular jack-receiving opening extending therein and a coaxial connector portion having a coaxial connector-receiving opening extending therein; a standard six-position modular telephone jack positioned in said modular jack-receiving opening, said jack having at least first and second conductors mounted therein in two of said six positions; and a male coaxial connector positioned in said coaxial connector-receiving opening and comprising a solid central conductor and a conductive wire sheath insulated from said solid central conductor, said solid central conductor being electrically connected to said first conductor of said modular jack and said conductive wire sheath being electrically connected to said second conductor of said modular jack; and a connector cable comprising an insulated cable having first and second ends terminated respectively by first and second standard, six-position modular telephone connectors insertable into said first and second modular jack, said insulated cable having at least first and second insulated conductive wires therein and each of said telephone connectors having only first and second conductive terminals contained therein piercing said first and second wires, respectively, said first and second conductive terminals being positioned in two of said six positions of said telephone connectors corresponding to the positions in which said first and second conductors are mounted in said telephone jack.