Patent · US Expired

Individual subscriber line module

US4979209A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1989
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q1/116
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Individual security subscriber line module including a generally rectangular, hollow box-like structure including a top, bottom, opposed sides and opposed first and second ends, such structure providing an internal space for receiving an individual circuit; a pair of subscriber wiring terminals mounted on the top for connection to a subscriber line, a plug connected to the pair of subscriber wiring terminals by first electrical conductors; a jack mounted on the top and provided with second electrical conductors for connecting the jack to the incoming telephone company line, the jack for having the plug plugged therein to interconnect the pair of subscriber wiring terminals and thereby the subscriber line to the incoming telephone company line and the plug for being unplugged from the jack to provide a demarcation point between the subscriber line and incoming telephone company line, and upon the plug being unplugged from the jack the jack for receiving the plug of an operating telephone to facilitate determination of whether a fault exists on the subscriber line or the incoming telephone company line; and mounting structure for mounting the module removably to a telephone network i…

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