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US 12,729,805 B2Granted
Telecommunications enclosure mounting system
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsJozef Marie Roger Brants, Johan Geens, Jiri Zavrel, Karel A C Vanwinkel
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an enclosure mounting apparatus (e.g., a mounting bracket which may include a mounting plate) having a molded plastic construction. In certain examples, the enclosure mounting apparatus is configured to be compatible with a number of different styles (e.g., sizes, models, etc.) of telecommunications enclosures.
Claims20
An enclosure mounting bracket comprising:
- a mounting plate portion having molded plastic construction, the mounting plate portion having a front side and a rear side, the mounting bracket including a plurality of fastener openings that extend through the mounting plate portion in a front-to-rear orientation, the fastener openings being configured for receiving fasteners used to secure an enclosure to the front side of the mounting plate portion, the mounting plate portion including first and second opposite sides that extend along a centerline of the mounting bracket, and third and fourth opposite sides that extend across the centerline of the mounting bracket, the mounting plate portion defining side notches at the first and second sides, the side notches including open notch sides and closed notch sides, the closed notch sides defined by cable bend protection members that project rearwardly from the mounting plate portion and have convex bend control shapes that face outwardly toward the open notch sides;
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- rear mounting flanges connected to the mounting plate portion by rear offsets that rearwardly space the rear mounting flanges from the mounting plate portion, wherein the rear mounting flanges are positioned adjacent the third and fourth sides and are aligned along the centerline of the mounting bracket, wherein a cable storage coil path is defined behind the mounting plate portion by a spool structure that includes the cable bend protection members and the rear offsets, and wherein the cable storage coil path extends around the convex bend control shapes and the rear offsets.
An enclosure mounting apparatus comprising:
- a mounting plate having molded plastic construction, the mounting plate having a front side and a rear side, and the enclosure mounting apparatus defining a plurality of fastener openings that extend through the mounting plate in a front-to-rear orientation, the fastener openings being configured for receiving fasteners used to secure an enclosure to the front side of the mounting plate, wherein the fastener openings include:
- a) four first fastener openings arranged in a first rectangular configuration defining a first rectangle size;
- b) four second fastener openings arranged in a second rectangular configuration defining a second rectangle size;
- c) four third fastener openings arranged in a third rectangular configuration defining a third rectangle size;
- and d) four fourth fastener openings arranged in a fourth rectangular configuration defining a fourth rectangle size.
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A mounting system for telecommunications enclosures, the mounting system comprising:
- an enclosure mounting bracket including first fastener openings arranged in different first configurations matching different first mounting hole patterns defined by different sizes and/or types of first telecommunications enclosures for allowing the first telecommunications enclosures to be secured to the enclosure mounting bracket by enclosure securement fasteners, the enclosure mounting bracket defining an exterior formfactor;
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- a kit for allowing the enclosure mounting bracket to be used with a second telecommunications enclosure having a second mounting hole pattern larger than the exterior formfactor of the enclosure mounting bracket, the kit including extenders that are secured to the enclosure mounting bracket at selected ones of the first fastener openings, the extenders defining second fastener openings that are located outside the exterior formfactor of the enclosure mounting bracket when the extenders are secured to the enclosure mounting bracket, wherein when the extenders are secured to the enclosure mounting bracket, the second fastener openings are arranged in a second configuration that matches a second mounting hole pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.