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US 12,164,168 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 communications panel comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior cavity, the chassis extending along a width between opposite first and second sides, along a height between a top and a bottom, and along a depth between a front and a rear, the height being transverse to the width and being transverse to the depth;
- a drawer that is slidably mounted to the chassis, the drawer being configured to slide along the depth of the chassis between a closed position and an open position, the drawer being disposed within the interior cavity when in the closed position and the drawer extending at least partially out of the interior cavity when in the open position;
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- a framework structure carried by the drawer between the closed and open positions, the framework structure carrying a first row of frame pieces and a second row of frame pieces, each of the first and second rows being oriented along the width, the first row of frame pieces being disposed above the second row of frame pieces, each of the frame pieces holding a plurality of optical ports, the frame pieces being slideably mounted to the framework structure.
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A communications panel comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior cavity, the chassis extending along a width between opposite first and second sides, along a height between a top and a bottom, and along a depth between a front and a rear, the height being transverse to the width and being transverse to the depth;
- a drawer that is slidably mounted to the chassis, the drawer being configured to slide along the depth of the chassis between a closed position and an open position, the drawer being disposed within the interior cavity when in the closed position and the drawer extending at least partially out of the interior cavity when in the open position;
- a framework structure carried by the drawer between the closed and open positions, the framework structure including a plurality of guides;
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- a plurality of frame pieces, each frame piece including a pair of rail members configured to be received within a respective pair of the guides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.