US 12,523,834 B2Granted

Telecommunications enclosure with a separate mountable hinge

AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC

InventorsPhilippe Coenegracht, Pieter Doultremont, Johan Geens, Robert A. Roach

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications enclosures that can be customizable to include a hinge. That is, a separate hinge may be utilized as an add-on feature for telecommunications enclosures. The hinge can be attached to at least two different sides of an enclosure or may not be utilized at all. Such a configuration allows for flexibility of a variety of designs for a telecommunications enclosure. The hinge can be mountable to interfaces of first and second housing pieces of an enclosure. The hinge can have rotational features and/or translational features for pivoting first and second housing pieces of an enclosure between first and second positions.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A telecommunications enclosure arrangement, comprising:

an enclosure having a plurality of sidewalls, a base and a cover connected to the base, the base and the cover cooperating to define an interior region, the cover being adapted for movement between an open position and a closed position;
a plurality of mounting interfaces distributed about a perimeter of each of the base and the cover, wherein each mounting interface includes a base portion and a cover portion;
wherein at least a first mounting interface of the plurality of mounting interface removably receives, in both the base and cover portions, a locking member for securing the base and the cover together in the closed position;
and
wherein at least a second mounting interface of the plurality of mounting interfaces removably receives a hinge for hingedly coupling the cover to the base, the hinge including:
a first member being adapted to removably mount to the cover portion of the mounting interface,
a second member being adapted to mount to the base portion of the mounting interface, the second member including a pivot pin configured to pivot the cover about an axis of rotation between the open position and the closed position, the second member being configured to accommodate translation of the cover with respect to the base upon pivoting the cover to the closed position to compress a seal positioned along a sealing surface of the enclosure;
and
wherein the first and second mounting interface have a same structure such that the first mounting interface can receive the hinge and the second mounting interface can receive the locking member.

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A telecommunications enclosure arrangement, comprising:

a housing including first and second housing pieces that cooperate to define an enclosure, the first and second housing pieces being moveable between open and closed positions, the first and second housing pieces each having first and second side portions that cooperate to define first and second sides of the enclosure when the first and second housing pieces are in the closed position;
and
the first and second side portions of the first and second housing piece each having a mounting interface integrated therewith, wherein the mounting interface removably receives one of:
a hinge structure having a connection interface intermateable with the mounting interfaces at the first and second side portions of each the first and second housing piece, wherein the hinge structure can be mounted at the first side portion of each the first and second housing piece to provide a hinged connection between the first side portion of the first and second housing piece, or can be mounted at the second side portion of each the first and second housing piece to provide a hinged connection between the second side portion of the first and second housing piece;
and
a module locking device including a first locking member, a second locking member, and a locking element coupling the first and second locking members together when the second housing piece is in the closed position such that when the locking element is in use the enclose is prevented from opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/325,458Filed 30 May 2023 · continuation
Priority: 12 Jun 2018
Published: US 2023/0387669 A130 Nov 2023
Granted: 13 Jan 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G02B 6/445
Boxes: with lateral pivoting cover
E05D 3/022
With one pin: allowing an additional lateral movement, e.g. for sealing
E05D 7/12
Hinges or pivots of special construction: to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame
E05D 9/005
Flaps or sleeves specially designed for making from particular material, e.g. hoop-iron, sheet metal, plastics: from plastics

Family

Application62/683,895Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2018
Application62/748,003Us provisional application · filed 19 Oct 2018
PCT/US2019/036713Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jun 2019
US 2023/0387669 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Nov 2023
Application17/251,713Parent of this continuation
US 11,695,260 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0119424 A1Published application
US 12,523,834 B2This patent

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