Outlet accommodating out-of-specification plugs

USRE41700E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• THE SIEMON COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Mark Viklund · New Milford, US
• Denny Lo · Bethlehem, US
• Maxwell Yip · Trumbull, US
• John A. Siemon · Woodbury, US
• Kevin Audibert · Morris, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A telecommunications outlet includes: a housing that is shaped to receive a plug, the housing having a support disposed within the housing; and a first contact having a first end, a second end, and a bend section, the bend section is supported by the support, wherein the first contact includes a first reverse curve section disposed between the first end and the bend section.