US 11,705,678 B2
Switched power over Ethernet connector
Robert Brennan, York, PA (US); and Justin Wagner, York, PA (US)
Assigned to Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed by Sentinel Connector Systems, Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,957.
Application 17/482,957 is a continuation of application No. 16/717,874, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,133,625.
Application 16/717,874 is a continuation of application No. 15/893,083, filed on Feb. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,547,146.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/457,452, filed on Feb. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0013963 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/703 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 13/71 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/7036 (2013.01) [G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/703 (2013.01); H01R 13/71 (2013.01); H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arc prevention system including:
a jack having a receptacle, with the receptacle having an upper wall, a bottom wall, two opposing side walls and a back wall between the two opposing side walls;
a sensor unit positioned on the back wall of the receptacle,
wherein,
the sensor unit is positioned on the back wall of the receptacle such that the sensor unit engages a plug inserted into the receptacle,
the receptacle includes a plurality of electrical pathways with at least two electrical pathways being powered by an external power supply device, and
the sensor unit is electrically connected to at least one electrical pathway that is not powered by the external power supply device.