Telecommunications cable enclosure
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsWilliam Allen, Rutesh Parikh
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Abstract
An adaptor for use with a telecommunications enclosure includes a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The first end of the body is configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housing along a first axis. The port adjacent the second end of the adaptor is configured to receive a connection device receptacle therein along a second axis different from the first axis. A retention device is positioned adjacent the second end of the body and configured to retain a connection device receptacle within the port.
Claims25
An adaptor for use with a telecommunications housing having an opening extending through a wall thereof, said adaptor comprising:
- a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, wherein a first portion of the body adjacent the first end extends along a first longitudinal axis and is configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housing, and wherein a second portion of the body adjacent the second end extends along a second longitudinal axis laterally offset from the first longitudinal axis;
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- a retention device positioned adjacent the second end of the body and configured to retain a connection device receptacle within the port.
A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
- a housing for retaining telecommunication lines therein, the housing including at least two openings extending through a wall of the housing for passage of telecommunication lines therethrough, wherein centers of the at least two openings are spaced apart by a first distance;
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- at least two adaptors, each of the at least two adaptors having a passageway extending therethrough from a first end of the adaptor to a second end of the adaptor, the passageway configured to receive a connection device receptacle, the first end of each adaptor configured for installation in a corresponding one of the at least two openings;
- wherein, when installed in the at least two openings, centers of the second ends of the at least two adaptors are spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance.
An adaptor for a telecommunications housing having an opening extending through a wall thereof, comprising:
- a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, the first end of the body configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housing along a first axis, and the port adjacent the second end configured to receive a connection device receptacle therein along a second axis, wherein the first axis is different from the second axis;
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- a retention device positioned adjacent the second end of the body and configured to retain a connection device receptacle within the port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.