Access module

US7037118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heiko Neumetzler · Berlin, DE
• Harald Klein · Bessenbach, DE
• Antony Nijhuis · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2004
• Grant date: May 2, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2201/18
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an access module (1) for telecommunications and data technology, having a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts for connection of lines and wires are arranged, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board (6) is arranged, with the input and output contacts being arranged on opposite end faces of the housing, with the input contacts being in the form of at least one connecting strip (5) with insulation-displacement terminal contacts (41), and the output contacts being in the form of at least one plug connector (8), with the housing having at least two parts, with a front housing part (2) being fitted with the input contacts and the printed circuit board (6), and a rear housing part (3) being detachably connectable to the front housing part (2), with the rear housing part (3) having at least one outward bulge (9), and with the plug connector being arranged behind the outward bulge (9).