Modular patch panel
AssigneeReliance Comm/Tec Corporation
InventorsSteven R. Hilbert, Michael J. McAndrews
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Abstract
A digital signal cross-connect having a relatively high digital signal transmission rate for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable in an existing network bay frame designed for mounting digital signal cross-connects having substantially lower signal transmission rates comprises a housing having at least a top panel and a bottom panel. A mounting tang is disposed on the top panel, and a mounting notch is located on the bottom panel. The mounting notch is capable of accepting rail tangs of a shelf which in turn mounts to on the network bay frame. The cross-connect is capable of pivotal movement about the rail tangs when the rail tangs are disposed in the mounting notch, and the mounting tang is capable of releasably engaging a rack rail on the shelf.
Claims15
A digital signal cross-connect having a relatively high digital signal transmission rate for use with telecommunications transmission networks and mountable in a shelf which is in turn mountable to an existing network bay frame designed for mounting digital signal cross-connects having substantially lower signal transmission rates, comprising:
- a housing having at least a top panel and a bottom panel;
- a mounting tang disposed on the top panel;
- a mounting notch located on the bottom panel;
- said mounting notch being capable of accepting at least one rail tang on the shelf;
- the cross-connect being pivotally movable about the rail tang when the rail tang is disposed in the mounting notch;
- and the mounting tang being capable of releasably engaging a rack rail on the shelf.
A digital signal cross-connect having a relatively high digital signal transmission rate for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable in an existing network bay frame designed for mounting digital signal cross-connects having substantially lower signal transmission rates, comprising:
- a housing having housing mounting means;
- a first part of the housing mounting means being shiftable between a locking position and an unlocking position;
- the first part of the housing mounting means being releasably matable with a corresponding first mounting means disposed on the network bay frame;
- and a second part of the housing mounting means being engagable with a corresponding second mounting means disposed on the network bay frame for allowing pivotal motion of the housing into a position for mating the first part of the housing mounting means.
A digital signal cross-connect having a relatively high digital signal transmission rate for use with telecommunications transmission networks and mountable in a shelf which is in turn mountable to an existing network bay frame designed for mounting digital signal cross-connects having substantially lower signal transmission rates, comprising:
- a housing having at least a top panel and a bottom panel;
- mounting means disposed on the housing for engagement with complementary mounting means of the shelf located at predetermined relatively spaced orientations;
- and the mounting means being capable of releasably engaging the complementary mounting means on the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.