Cabinet and patchcord management panel
OwnerScott C. KOWALCZYK, Soutsada VONGSENG +3inventors
InventorsScott C. KOWALCZYK, Soutsada VONGSENG, Jackson Ray POMROY, Kenneth C. HALL, Jonathan R. KAML
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Abstract
A telecommunications panel or bracket assembly includes a frame for hingedly mounting to a telecommunications cabinet. The panel includes a plurality of telecommunications modules with one or more front ports and one or more rear ports for telecommunications cables. Patch cords connect from the front ports of the modules to equipment held by the cabinet. Trunk cables or other cables connect to the rear ports of the modules. The panel is hingedly mounted to the side of the cabinet to access the rear ports and the trunk cables.
Claims46
A bracket assembly comprising:
- a panel defining a plurality of openings extending between opposite first and second sides of the panel, the panel defining a hinge at one end;
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- a plurality of termination modules, each termination module having a first port and/or termination and a second port and/or termination that faces in an opposite direction from the first port and/or termination, each termination module being mountable within one of the openings so that the first port and/or termination is accessible from the first side of the panel and the second port and/or termination is accessible from the second side of the panel, each of the termination modules being angled downwardly relative to the panel.
An equipment framework assembly comprising:
- a framework having a front and an opposite rear that extend between a first side and an opposite second side and between a first end and an opposite second end;
- telecommunications equipment mounted to the frame and accessible from the front of the frame;
- a cable routing channel extending downwardly along the first side of the frame from the first end of the frame;
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- a bracket assembly mounted to the framework at the cable routing channel, the bracket assembly including a panel that is pivotal relative to the cable routing channel between a closed position and an open position, the panel extending across at least part of the cable routing channel when in the closed position, the at least part of the cable routing channel being accessible when the panel is disposed in the open position, the panel carrying at least one termination module.
A channel frame assembly comprising:
- a frame including a rear wall, an open front, and opposite sidewalls extending between the rear wall and the open front to define a channel;
- a bracket assembly mounted to the frame, the bracket assembly including a panel that pivots relative to the frame between a closed position and an open position, the panel covering the open front of the frame when in the closed position, the channel being accessible through the open front of the frame when the panel is in the open position;
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- a termination module mounted to the panel, the termination module having at least a first port and/or termination that faces in a first direction and at least a second port and/or termination that faces in a second direction, the first port and/or termination being accessible from the channel and the second port and/or termination not being accessible from the channel when the panel is disposed in the closed position.
A telecommunications panel comprising:
- a frame defining a top, an opposite bottom, a front, an opposite back, and two sides, and a main panel member;
- a plurality of openings from the front to the back through the main panel member;
- a hinge extending one of the sides defining a hinge axis extending in a direction between the top and the bottom;
- a plurality of modules mounted in the openings, each module defining one or more front ports or termination locations, and one or more rear ports or termination locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.