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US 2025/0105567 A1Published application
Patch panel assembly
AssigneeBelden Canada Ulc
InventorsJean-Sebastien PLAMONDON, Nicolai Hjalte VESTER, René KLOSTERSKOV
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Abstract
A patch panel assembly, bezel and modular jacks are disclosed which allow modular jacks to be positioned closer together to increase patch panel density. In particular the modular jacks are equipped with features which engage openings which are offset, allowing for the modular jacks to be positioned closer together, in particular when arranged in adjacent parallel rows.
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A patch panel arrangement structurally configured to be attached to a rack comprising:
- an elongate panel comprising a front face portion and an attachment portion at each end of the front face portion structurally configured to attach the panel to the rack;
- an even number of like generally square openings wherein the openings are arranged in first and second rows along the front face wherein each opening of the first row is arranged adjacent and aligned with a respective one of the openings in the second row;
- a plurality of like modular jacks of generally square cross section, wherein each of the jacks is structurally configured to be received within one of the generally square openings;
- wherein each of the jacks comprises a housing of generally square cross section having a front face dimensioned to fit snugly within a respective one of the openings and comprising a plug receiving receptacle therein;
- wherein the housing comprises a first surface and second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first and second surfaces extend between a pair of opposed side surfaces, each of the first, second, and side surfaces extending away at right angles from a respective edge of the front face;
- wherein the housing is configured to include an opening engaging feature on the first surface, wherein the opening engaging feature is positioned on a first side of a center of the first surface;
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- wherein a first plurality of the modular jacks are received in respective ones of the first row of the openings in a first orientation and a second plurality of the modular jacks are received in respective ones of the second row of the openings in a second orientation at 180 degrees to the first orientation and such that the first surface of each of the first plurality of modular jacks are arranged facing and adjacent the first surface of a respective one of the second plurality of modular jacks.
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A bezel structurally configured to be mounted in an elongate patch panel having a front face and a plurality of like rectangular spaces arranged along the front face side by side, the bezel comprising:
- a rectangular frame configured to fit snugly within a respective one of the rectangular spaces;
- a front surface spanning the frame and defining an even plurality of like generally square openings wherein the openings are arranged in first and second parallel rows along the front surface and wherein each opening of the first row is arranged adjacent and aligned with a respective one of the openings in the second row;
- a pair of flexible fingers arranged side-by-side between each opening of the first row of openings and an adjacent opening of each of the second row of openings and wherein, for a given first opening, a first of the flexible fingers is configured to engage with an opening engaging feature on a modular jack when positioned in the given first opening and, for a given second opening, a second of the fingers is configured to engage with an opening engaging feature on a modular jack when positioned in the given second opening;
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- a mechanism configured to secure the rectangular frame within the respective one of the rectangular spaces.
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A modular jack structurally configured to be mounted in a keystone type opening that is configured to receive a plug terminating a telecommunications cable, comprising:
- a housing of generally square cross section comprising a front face configured to define a symmetrical front opening dimensioned to fit snugly within a keystone type opening and a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, the first and second surfaces extending between a pair of opposed side surfaces, each of the surfaces extending away at right angles from a respective edge of the front face, wherein the opposed side surfaces are each on a respective side of an axis of symmetry of the symmetrical fron opening;
- a receptacle in the front face structurally configured to receive the plug via the symmetrical front opening;
- a first opening engaging feature on the first surface;
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- a second opening engaging feature on the second surface;
- wherein the first opening engaging feature is positioned on a first side of a center of the first surface and a second side of a center of the first surface is free of an opening engaging feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.