Connector adapter constructions with improved connector and connector mounting arrangement

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The present invention is directed generally to electrical connectors and, more particularly, to improved modular connectors and associated bridging adapter assemblies which may be for example, advantageously applied in the interconnection of individual telephone receivers to telephone system equipment. The proliferation of different species of telephone connector hardware has required that technicians be familiar with the peculiarities and wiring requirements for a maze of adapters and connectors and that the telephone companies maintain correspondingly large part inventories. The telephone companies have focused considerable emphasis on the development of standardized or modularized …