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US 2008/0175554 A1Published application
Overhead cable termination arrangement
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsHutch Coburn, Mark Smrha, Chad Sjodin, Craig Fleming
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Abstract
A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and an adapter panel or cable termination device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable termination device including a plurality of adapters and a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides cables exiting from the overhead cable pathway structure to the adapters.
Claims20
1-37. (canceled)
A facility arrangement, comprising:
- a) a telecommunications rack;
- b) an overhead cable pathway structure located above the telecommunications rack;
- c) a plurality of first cables running along the overhead cable pathway structure;
- d) equipment mounted on the telecommunications rack, the equipment being located beneath the overhead cable pathway structure;
- e) a cable termination device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure, the cable termination device including a plurality of adapters mounted outside of a cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure,
- wherein cables exiting the overhead cable pathway structure are terminated to the adapters of the device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure;
- and
- f) a plurality of second cables interconnected to the adapters of the cable termination device, the plurality of second cables extending generally downward from the overhead cable pathway structure to the equipment located beneath the overhead cable pathway structure.
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A facility arrangement, comprising:
- a) a telecommunications rack having equipment mounted thereon;
- b) an overhead cable pathway structure located above the telecommunications rack;
- c) cables running along the overhead cable pathway structure;
- and
- d) a cable termination device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure, the cable termination device including:
- i) a plurality of adapters mounted outside of a cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure;
- and
- ii) a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides cables from the overhead cable pathway structure to the adapters, the cable pathway exit having an inner portion located within the cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure and an outer portion located outside the cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure;
- e) wherein cables exiting the overhead cable pathway structure are terminated to the adapters of the device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure.
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A facility arrangement, comprising:
- a) a telecommunications rack having equipment mounted thereon;
- b) an overhead cable pathway structure located above the telecommunications rack;
- c) cables running along the overhead cable pathway structure;
- and
- d) a cable termination device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure, the cable termination device including:
- i) a plurality of adapters mounted outside of a cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure;
- ii) a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides cables from the overhead cable pathway structure to the adapters;
- and
- iii) curved lead-in structures having curved guide walls that are mounted to the curved surface of the cable pathway exit;
- e) wherein cables exiting the overhead cable pathway structure are transitioned by the curved lead-in structure from a first direction to a second perpendicular direction, and are terminated to the adapters of the device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.