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US 11,789,225 B2Granted
Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsMark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad James Sjodin
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Abstract
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.
Claims20
A fiber panel system comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior accessible through an open front, the chassis extending along a depth between the open front and a rear and extending along a width between opposite first and second sides;
- a connection arrangement coupled to the chassis, the connection arrangement including:
- a sliding member configured to slide relative to the chassis between a first position in which the sliding member is disposed within the interior of the chassis and a second position in which the sliding member extends partially through the open front of the chassis;
- a plurality of connection members carried by the sliding member, each of the connection members being slidingly mounted to the sliding member, each of the connection members carrying a plurality of fiber ports, the plurality of connection members including a first connection member and a second connection member disposed in a row along the width of the chassis;
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- a finger access opening disposed in front of the first connection member, the finger access opening being defined through the sliding member.
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A fiber panel system comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior accessible through an open front, the chassis extending along a depth between the open front and a rear and extending along a width between opposite first and second sides;
- a connection arrangement coupled to the chassis, the connection arrangement including:
- a sliding member configured to slide relative to the chassis between a first position in which the sliding member is disposed within the interior of the chassis and a second position in which the sliding member extends partially through the open front of the chassis;
- a plurality of guides carried by the sliding member, each guide including a first part of a stop arrangement;
- a connection member slidably mounted between two adjacent ones of the guides, the connection member including a row of fiber ports, the connection member also including a second part of the stop arrangement that engages the first part of the stop arrangement as the connection member is slid rearwardly along the two adjacent ones of the guides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.