Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector having a light indicator

US5876239A · kind A · utility

100Cited by
26References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1996
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R24/62
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a modular jack receptacle connector (10) which has at least one light pipe (14) for transmitting light signals from a light emitting device receiving area (66) through an output face (76) along the mating face (24) of the modular jack receptacle (10).

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