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US6364535B1
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Upgradeable media wall converter and housing
Assignee: Commscope EMEA Ltd
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Filing: 2000-08-10
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Granted: 2002-04-02
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Expires: 2020-08-10
Abstract
Abstract An upgradeable media converter housing having a front housing and a rear housing. The front housing has a port for receiving a first connector, and a plurality of notches located on a periphery of the front housing. The rear housing has an open first end and a closed second end located distally from the first end. The rear housing also has a shoulder region located adjacent to the first end and a tubular region coupling the shoulder region to the closed end. A plurality of ramped protrusions located on an exterior surface of the shoulder engage a plurality of ramped protrusions located on the exterior surface of the shoulder of the rear housing to provide a snap-fit connection. The media converter fits into an existing faceplate of a wall outlet and can be upgraded by replacing a daughter board with another daughter board having a different converter mounted thereon.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph Coffey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:26
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R31/00; H01R31/06; H01R31/065; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4292; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/502; H01R13/506
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A media converter housing comprising: a front housing including: a port for receiving a first connector; a plurality of notches located on a periphery of the front housing; a rear housing including: an open first end and a closed second end located distally from the first end, the rear housing having a shoulder region located adjacent to the first end and a tubular region coupling the shoulder region to the closed end; a plurality of ramped protrusions located on an exterior surface of the shoulder; wherein the plurality of ramped protrusions located on the exterior surface of the shoulder of the rear housing engage the plurality of notches on the front housing to provide a snap-fit connection; and wherein a cavity is defined by the front housing and rear housing when the front housing and the rear housing are mated together, the cavity sized to receive a converter circuitry.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A media converter housing comprising: a front housing including: a port for receiving a first connector; a plurality of notches located on a periphery of the front housing; a rear housing including: an open first end and a closed second end located distally from the first end, the rear housing having a shoulder region located adjacent to the first end and a tubular region coupling the shoulder region to the closed end; a plurality of ramped protrusions located on an exterior surface of the shoulder; wherein the plurality of ramped protrusions located on the exterior surface of the shoulder of the rear housing engage the plurality of notches on the front housing to provide a snap-fit connection; and wherein a cavity is defined by the front housing and rear housing when the front housing and the rear housing are mated together, the cavity sized to receive a converter circuitry.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The housing of claim 1 wherein the front and rear housing are made of plastic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The housing of claim 1 wherein the front and rear housing are dimensioned to fit into a faceplate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The housing of claim 3 wherein the faceplate is mounted on a structure and the front and rear housing are dimensioned to be insertable and removable from the faceplate without removing the faceplate from its mounted structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
108 words
An upgradeable converter assembly comprising: a housing; and a circuit assembly located within the housing, the circuit assembly comprising: a first connector mounted on a motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a first format; a second connector mounted on the motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a second format wherein the second format is different than the first format; and a converter mounted on a daughter board electrically coupled to the first and second connectors on the motherboard wherein the converter converts signals received in the first format to the second format and vice versa and wherein the daughter board is releasably connected to the motherboard.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
An upgradeable converter assembly comprising: a housing; and a circuit assembly located within the housing, the circuit assembly comprising: a first connector mounted on a motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a first format; a second connector mounted on the motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a second format wherein the second format is different than the first format; and a converter mounted on a daughter board electrically coupled to the first and second connectors on the motherboard wherein the converter converts signals received in the first format to the second format and vice versa and wherein the daughter board is releasably connected to the motherboard.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the housing assembly comprises: a front housing having a first mounting structure; and a rear housing having a second mounting structure, wherein the first and second mounting structures mount the front and rear housing together.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The converter assembly of claim 6 wherein the first and second mounting structure include structure for providing a releasable connection with one another.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The converter assembly of claim 7 wherein the releasable connection comprises a snap-fit connection.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The converter assembly of claim 3 wherein the first format is transmitted and received over unshielded twisted pair wire and the second format is transmitted and received over fiber optic cable.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is a coaxial connector and the second connector is a multimode fiber connector.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is a RJ-45 connector and the second connector is a single mode fiber connector.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is a coaxial connector and the second connector is a single mode fiber connector.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is an RJ-45 connector and the second connector is a multimode fiber connector.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is a single mode fiber connector and the second connector is a multimode fiber connector.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is a coaxial connector and the second connector is an RJ-45 connector.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is an electrical connector and the second connector is an optical connector.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The converter assembly of claim 16 wherein the converter receives power through a patch cord coupled to the first connector.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
The converter assembly of claim 16 wherein the converter receives power from a device external to the converter but coupled to the converter through the first connector.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the first connector is an optical connector and the second connector is an optical connector.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the converter converts at a predetermined speed of 10BASE-T.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the converter converts at a predetermined speed of 100BASE-TX.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
16 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the motherboard and daughterboard are parallel with one another.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the motherboard and daughter board are perpendicular to one another.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
16 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the daughterboard can be replaced with a second daughterboard.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 further comprising a third connector for transmitting and receiving signals in the second format wherein the first connector is located between the second and third connectors.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
16 words
The converter assembly of claim 23 wherein the second and third connectors extend outside the housing.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
18 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the housing is dimensional to fit into a wall mounted faceplate.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
28 words
The converter assembly of claim 6 wherein the front housing can be removed from the rear housing to accent the daughter board of the circuit assembly mounted therein.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The converter assembly of claim 5 wherein the motherboard and daughter board each have surface mounted connectors for electrically coupling the motherboard and daughter board together.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
106 words
An upgradeable converter assembly comprising: a housing; and a circuit assembly located within the housing, the circuit assembly comprising: a first connector mounted on a motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a first format; a second connector mounted on the motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a second format wherein the second format is different than the first format; and a means mounted on a daughter board electrically coupled to the first and second connectors on the motherboard for converting signals received in the first format to the second format and vice versa and wherein the daughter board is releasably connected to the motherboard.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
106 words
An upgradeable converter assembly comprising: a housing; and a circuit assembly located within the housing, the circuit assembly comprising: a first connector mounted on a motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a first format; a second connector mounted on the motherboard for transmitting and receiving signals in a second format wherein the second format is different than the first format; and a means mounted on a daughter board electrically coupled to the first and second connectors on the motherboard for converting signals received in the first format to the second format and vice versa and wherein the daughter board is releasably connected to the motherboard.
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