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US 2021/0267084 A1Published application
Communications bladed panel systems
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsChad Anderson, Joseph C. Coffey, Ryan Kostecka, David Stone, Michael Wentworth
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Abstract
A fiber panel system includes a chassis and at least blades configured to mount to the chassis. Each blade is moveable relative to the chassis between a retracted (closed) position and at least one extended position. Cable slack is managed at the front and/or rear of each chassis to facilitate movement of the blades without pulling or bending the cables beyond a maximum bend limit. Each blade may be locked into one or more positions relative to the chassis.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A panel system comprising:
- a chassis defining an interior accessible through an open front;
- a blade mounted to the chassis to move relative to the chassis along a forward-rearward axis between a retracted position and an extended position, the blade being disposed within the chassis when in the retracted position, the blade extending partially through the open front when in the extended position;
- a circuit board carried with the blade between the retracted and extended positions, the circuit board including a plurality of pairs of contact pads;
- a plurality of optical adapter carried with the blade between the retracted and extended positions;
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- a plurality of presence detection sensors carried with a respective one of the optical adapters, each presence detection sensor including a portion configured to contact the circuit board only after being pushed external of the respective one of the optical adapters by a plug connector, each of the presence detection sensors being configured to form a complete circuit when contacting both contact pads of a respective one of the pairs of contact pads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.