Receptacle cage for stacked cabled receptacle connectors
AssigneeTe Connectivity Corporation
InventorsChristopher Michael Pogash, Dustin Grant Rowe
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Abstract
A receptacle cage includes walls defining a cavity including a top wall and first and second side walls extending from the top wall to a bottom. The cavity is open at a rear to receive cabled receptacle connectors and open at a front to receive pluggable modules. A divider wall extends between the side walls and divides the cavity into upper and lower module channels receiving corresponding pluggable modules. The divider wall includes a front and a rear and has mounting fingers proximate to the rear for removably mounting the rear of the divider wall to the side walls.
Claims17
A receptacle cage for a receptacle assembly of a communication system comprising:
- a plurality of walls defining a cavity extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle cage, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the receptacle cage and a second side wall extending from the top wall to the bottom, wherein the cavity is open at the rear to receive at least one cabled receptacle connector at the rear of the receptacle cage and the cavity is open at the front to receive pluggable modules therein for mating with the corresponding cabled receptacle connector;
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- a divider wall in the cavity extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, the divider wall dividing the cavity into an upper module channel between the divider wall and the top wall and a lower module channel between the divider wall and the bottom of the receptacle cage, the upper module channel configured to receive a corresponding pluggable module, the divider wall including a front proximate to the front of the receptacle cage and a rear proximate to the rear of the receptacle cage, the divider wall having a first mounting finger at the rear of the divider wall for removably mounting the rear of the divider wall to the first side wall, the first side wall includes a support arm at the rear of the receptacle cage supporting the first mounting finger.
A receptacle cage for a receptacle assembly of a communication system comprising:
- a plurality of walls defining a cavity extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle cage, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the receptacle cage and a second side wall extending from the top wall to the bottom, wherein the cavity is open at the rear to receive an upper cabled receptacle connector and a lower cabled receptacle connector at the rear of the receptacle cage and the cavity is open at the front to receive an upper pluggable module and a lower pluggable module therein for mating with the upper cabled receptacle connector and the lower cabled receptacle connector, respectively, the first side wall having an upper latching feature at the rear including an upper latch pocket for latchably securing a latch of the upper cabled receptacle connector to the first side wall and a lower latching feature at the rear including a lower latch pocket for latchably securing a latch of the lower cabled receptacle connector to the first side wall;
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- a divider wall in the cavity extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, the divider wall dividing the cavity into an upper module channel between the divider wall and the top wall and a lower module channel between the divider wall and the bottom of the receptacle cage, the upper module channel configured to receive the upper cabled receptacle connector and the upper pluggable module, the lower module channel configured to receive the lower cabled receptacle connector and the lower pluggable module, the divider wall including a front proximate to the front of the receptacle cage and a rear proximate to the rear of the receptacle cage, the rear of the divider wall configured to block the lower cabled receptacle connector in the lower module channel to retain the lower cable receptacle connector in the lower module channel when the divider wall is moved from an elevated position to a lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.