Tray hinge interface system
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsBart Mattie CLAESSENS, El Moïz Mohammed Michel GHAMMAM
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Abstract
A telecommunications tray assembly includes a groove plate, a telecommunications tray, and a connection arrangement rotatably connecting the tray to the groove plate. The assembly can include a positioning arrangement enabling the telecommunications tray to be retained in an open position, the positioning arrangement including a positioning member associated with one of the groove plate and the telecommunications tray, wherein the positioning member has an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape. The connection arrangement can include a pair of arms defining apertures receiving a pair of hinge members, wherein the apertures have an elongate cross-sectional shape and the pair of hinge members have a circular cross-sectional shape.
Claims25
A telecommunications tray assembly comprising:
- a) a groove plate;
- b) a telecommunications tray;
- c) a connection arrangement rotatably connecting the tray to the groove plate;
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- d) a positioning arrangement enabling the telecommunications tray to be rotated, with respect to the groove plate, between a first rotational position, a second rotational position, and a third rotational position, wherein positioning arrangement:
- i) allows the telecommunications trays to generally freely rotate between the first and second rotational positions;
- ii) provides resistance to rotation of the telecommunications tray between the second and third rotational positions;
- iii) provides a resistive force to retain the telecommunications tray in the third rotational position.
A telecommunications tray assembly comprising:
- a) a groove plate;
- b) a telecommunications tray;
- c) a connection arrangement rotatably connecting the tray to the groove plate;
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- d) a positioning arrangement enabling the telecommunications tray to be rotated, with respect to the groove plate, between a first rotational position, a second rotational position, and a third rotational position, wherein positioning arrangement:
- i) allows the telecommunications trays to generally freely rotate between the first and second rotational positions;
- ii) provides resistance to rotation of the telecommunications tray between the second and third rotational positions;
- iii) provides a resistive force to retain the telecommunications tray in the third rotational position.
A telecommunications tray assembly comprising:
- a) a groove plate;
- b) a telecommunications tray;
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- c) a connection arrangement rotatably connecting the tray to the groove plate, the connection arrangement including a pair of arms defining apertures receiving a pair of hinge members, wherein the apertures have an elongate cross-sectional shape and the pair of hinge members have a circular cross-sectional shape.
A telecommunication component comprising:
- a stack including a plurality of optical fiber splice trays pivotally connected to a tray support, wherein the stack is movable between a stored position and an access position, wherein, when the stack is in the stored position, the plurality of optical fiber splice trays is positioned within the outer boundary of the stack area, and wherein, when the stack is in the access position, at least one of the plurality of optical fiber splice trays is positioned at least partially outside of the outer boundary of the stack area;
- wherein the stack includes a positioning arrangement.
A telecommunications tray assembly comprising:
- a) a stack of telecommunications trays, the stack being pivotally connected to a base and being rotatable between a storage position and an access position;
- b) each of the trays being provided with a positioning arrangement enabling each of the telecommunications tray to be rotated, with respect to the stack, between a first rotational position associated with the storage position and closed position of the tray, a second rotational position associated with the access position and a closed position of the tray, and a third rotational position associated with the access position and an open position of the tray, wherein positioning arrangement:
- i) allows the telecommunications tray to generally freely rotate between the first and second rotational positions;
- ii) provides resistance to rotation of the telecommunications tray between the second and third rotational positions;
- iii) provides a resistive force to retain the telecommunications tray in the third rotational position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.