Fiber patch panel
AssigneeReliance Comm/Tec Corporation
InventorsGregory A. Machall, James D. Zipper
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Abstract
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable in an existing network bay frame designed for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels 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 patch panel 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.
Claims21
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an incoming optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks and mountable on a shelf which is, in turn, mountable on an existing network bay frame designed for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels, comprising:
- a housing having at least a top panel and a bottom panel;
- a mounting tang disposed on the top panel for releasably engaging a rack rail on the shelf;
- a mounting notch located on the bottom panel;
- and the mounting notch accepting at least one rail tang on the shelf such that the patch panel is pivotally movable about the rail tang when the rail tang is disposed in the mounting notch.
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable on an existing network bay frame having corresponding first and second mounting means for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels, comprising:
- a housing having housing mounting means for mounting said housing on said bay frame;
- 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 said corresponding first mounting means disposed on the network bay frame;
- and a second part of the housing mounting means being engagable with said corresponding second mounting means disposed on the network bay frame such that the housing is pivotally movable into a position for mating the first part of the housing mounting means with said corresponding first mounting means.
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable on an existing network bay frame having corresponding first and second mounting means for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels, comprising:
- a housing having housing mounting means for mounting said housing on said bay frame;
- 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 said corresponding first mounting means disposed on the network bay frame;
- and a second part of the housing mounting means being engagable with said corresponding second mounting means disposed on the network bay frame such that the housing is pivotally movable into a position for mating the first part of the housing mounting means with said corresponding first mounting means;
- wherein the housing has external dimensions sufficient for permitting mounting of the housing on a shelf and for permitting mounting of the shelf on the network bay frame in a space substantially equal to an amount of space allocated for the electrically conductive wire patch panels on said shelf and said network bay frame.
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks mountable on an existing network bay frame having corresponding first and second mounting means for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels, comprising:
- a housing having housing mounting means for mounting said housing on said bay frame;
- 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 said corresponding first mounting means disposed on the network bay frame;
- and a second part of the housing mounting means being engagable with said corresponding second mounting means disposed on the network bay frame such that the housing is pivotally movable into a position for mating the first part of the housing mounting means with said corresponding first mounting means;
- wherein the first part of the housing mounting means comprises a mounting tang, and the second part of the housing mounting means comprises a mounting patch.
A fiber optic patch panel module for accepting an incoming optical fiber cable, and for use with telecommunications transmission networks and mountable in a shelf which is, in turn, mountable to an existing network bay frame having complementary mounting means for mounting electrically conductive wire patch panels, comprising:
- a housing having at least a top panel and a bottom panel;
- mounting means disposed on the housing for engagement with said complementary mounting means located at predetermined relatively spaced orientations;
- and the mounting means on said housing releasably engaging the complementary mounting means on the shelf for releasably holding said module on said shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.