Communications panel systems
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsMatthew J. Holmberg, Ryan D. Willis, James J. Solheid, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, David Jan Irma Van Baelen
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Abstract
A panel system includes a front door attached to a chassis by a living hinge. In certain examples, the door also is pivotally attached to the living hinge. The living hinge components can snap-fit to the front door and/or to the chassis. The panel system also may have a mounting bracket that attaches to the chassis without tools to hold the chassis at a rack. The mounting bracket may be mounted at any of multiple predetermined positions along the depth of the chassis.
Claims20
A panel system comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior accessible through an open front, the open front extending along a height of the chassis between a bottom of the chassis and a top of the chassis;
- a door arrangement mounted to the chassis to move between a closed position and an open position, the door arrangement including a door and a latching member attached to the door, the door blocking access to the interior of the chassis from the open front of the chassis when the door arrangement is disposed in the closed position, the door allowing access to the interior of the chassis from the open front of the chassis when the door arrangement is disposed in the open position, the latching member defining a groove facing towards the chassis when the door arrangement is disposed in the closed position;
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- a closure arrangement mounting the door to the chassis, the closure arrangement including:
- a bottom member attached to the chassis at the bottom of the chassis, the bottom member extending forwardly from the open front of the chassis to a second end attached to the door arrangement, the bottom member defining a living hinge between the chassis and the second end;
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- a retention member attached to the chassis at the top of the chassis, the retention member including a retention rod sized to fit within the groove of the latching member of the door arrangement to hold the door arrangement in the closed position.
A panel system configured to mount to a rack, the panel system comprising:
- a chassis extending laterally between first and second sidewalls, the chassis also extending along a forward-rearward axis between a front and a rear of the chassis, the first sidewall defining a bracket mounting region in which a plurality of outwardly extending pegs are disposed, the bracket mounting region extending a first distance along the forward-rearward axis, each of the outwardly extending pegs defining a head that is larger than a neck of the outwardly extending peg;
- a bracket configured to secure to the rack, the bracket being separate from the chassis, the bracket defining a first mounting region configured to extend along the bracket mounting region of the first sidewall of the chassis, the first mounting region defining a hole sized to receive one of the outwardly extending pegs when the bracket is disposed at the bracket mounting region of the first sidewall, the pegs of the chassis and the hole of the bracket enabling the bracket to be disposed at a selected one of a plurality of positions along the first sidewall along the forward-rearward axis;
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- a fixation member separate from the chassis and separate from the bracket, the fixation member being positionable between the first mounting region of the bracket and the head of the peg received in the hole of the bracket to retain the bracket at the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.