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US 12,627,094 B2Granted
Pedestal assembly for housing cables
AssigneeDbj Innovations, LLC
InventorsWilliam B. Raftery, Bryan Stark
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Abstract
A data transmission pedestal assembly has an exterior terminal that permits an operator to use a cable locator device to connect with the exterior terminal and locate a cable within the pedestal while the pedestal remains assembled or without having to disassemble a cover from a base of the pedestal assembly. Within the pedestal is a cable mounting bracket that has distinct through holes to permit the passage of a cable between a front compartment and a rear compartment. The through holes are offset from a vertical center axis associated with the cable mounting bracket.
Claims20
A data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- a cover including at least one sidewall that defines a portion of an interior space for retaining cables therein;
- a base configured to connect with the cover, the base including at least one sidewall;
- a cable mounting bracket located within the interior space of the cover;
- a grounding bracket located within the interior space, wherein at least one cable is mounted on the cable mounting bracket and the at least one cable is electrically coupled to the grounding bracket;
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- an exterior active signal terminal in electrical communication with the grounding bracket via a wire extending from the exterior active signal terminal to the grounding bracket within the interior space, wherein the exterior active signal terminal and wire transmit a signal therethrough in response to the signal being generated by a cable locator device and connected with the exterior active signal terminal, wherein the cable locator device is adapted to determine which cables are contained within the interior space of the data transmission pedestal assembly based on the generated signal while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base.
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A data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- a cover including at least one sidewall that defines a portion of an interior space for retaining cables therein;
- a base configured to connect with the cover, the base including at least one sidewall;
- a cable mounting bracket located within the interior space of the cover;
- a grounding bracket located within the interior space, wherein at least one of the cables coupled to the grounding bracket;
- an exterior terminal in communication with the grounding bracket, wherein the exterior terminal is adapted to connect with a cable locator device that determines which cables are contained within the interior space of the data transmission pedestal assembly while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base;
- a vertical center axis;
- wherein the cable mounting bracket defines the interior space into a front compartment and a rear compartment;
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- at least one through hole formed in the cable mounting bracket to permit passage of the cable between the front compartment and the rear compartment, wherein the at least one through hole is offset from the vertical center axis.
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A method of use for a data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- approaching a data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- a cover including at least one sidewall that defines a portion of an interior space for retaining cables therein;
- a base connected with the cover, the base including at least one sidewall;
- a cable mounting bracket located within the interior space of the cover;
- a grounding bracket within the interior space, wherein at least one cable is coupled to the grounding bracket;
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- an exterior active signal terminal in communication with the grounding bracket via a wire extending from the exterior active signal terminal to the grounding bracket within the interior space;
- connecting a cable locator device to the exterior active signal terminal while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base;
- transmitting a signal generated from the cable locator device through the exterior active signal terminal and the wire locating, with the cable locator based on the generated signal, a cable within the assembled pedestal assembly while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base.
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A method of use for a data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- approaching a data transmission pedestal assembly comprising:
- a cover including at least one sidewall that defines a portion of an interior space for retaining cables therein;
- a base connected with the cover, the base including at least one sidewall;
- a cable mounting bracket located within the interior space of the cover;
- a grounding bracket within the interior space, wherein at least cable is coupled to the grounding bracket;
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- an exterior terminal in communication with the grounding bracket;
- connecting a cable locator device to the exterior terminal while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base;
- locating, with the cable locator, a cable within the assembled pedestal assembly while the data transmission pedestal assembly remains assembled with the cover connected to the base;
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- locating at least one cable that extends through a rectangular through hole in the cable mounting bracket, wherein the rectangular through hole is offset from a vertical center axis and has a vertical length dimension that is greater than a horizontal width dimension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.