Chassis panel with selectable cable management insert and cabling method therefore
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorRodney C. SCHOENFELDER
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Abstract
A chassis panel defines one or more rearward-facing, open-ended slots at a rear of the chassis panel. One or more management inserts can be mounted within the open-ended slot along a forward-rearward axis. Cables can be pre-cabled through the inserts prior to being installed at one or more port modules. Accordingly, the port modules can be cabled prior to being installed at the chassis panel without first having to thread the cables through the chassis panel. Alternatively, the cables can be slid directly into the open-ended slots during installation of the port modules.
Claims20
A chassis panel comprising:
- a chassis body having an open front and an open rear providing access to an interior, the chassis body defining a forward-rearward axis extending between the open front and the open rear;
- a port module disposed within the chassis body, the port module defining at least one rear-facing port;
- a cable management arrangement disposed at the open rear of the chassis body, the cable management arrangement having sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls defining a slot having an open rear;
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- a management insert configured to mount to the at least one sidewall at the slot, the management insert being installable and removable at the slot by sliding the management insert past the open rear of the slot along the forward-rearward axis.
A method of cabling a chassis panel arrangement comprising:
- routing cables through a management insert;
- plugging connectorized ends of the cables into rearward-facing ports of a port module;
- sliding the port module into the chassis panel arrangement along a forward-rearward axis from an open rear of the chassis panel arrangement;
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- sliding the management insert along the forward-rearward axis into a slot defined in a sidewall of the chassis panel arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.