Bulkhead connector system including angled adapter
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsEric John Cabalka, Richard Thomas Demulling, Jeffery Louis Peters, Michael Jay Follingstad
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Abstract
An angled mounting plate is provided for mounting a connector at a bulkhead in an angled manner, such as for a coaxial or triaxial connector system. The angled mounting plate mounts to a yoke mounted around the connector. The yoke includes identical mounting halves held in place by fasteners. The yoke is held to the mounting plate by further fasteners. Vertical mounting plates can also be provided for mounting to the connectors. The bulkhead can be provided with mounting structure for mounting directly to the yokes.
Claims13
A telecommunications connector mounting arrangement for mounting to a generally vertical bulkhead comprising:
- a) an angled mounting plate including:
- 1) a planar back face including opposed mounting flanges for mounting to the bulkhead;
- 2) an angled front face at an angle to the back face and facing partially downwardly when the angled mounting plate is mounted to the bulkhead, the angled front face defining an opening for receipt of a connector;
- b) a yoke mountable to the angled mounting plate for mounting to the connector,
- wherein the yoke includes a non-cylindrical central opening for receiving the connector.
A telecommunications connector mounting arrangement comprising:
- a main panel extending in a generally vertical plane;
- a plurality of yokes individually mounted to the main panel;
- a plurality of triaxial connectors, each connector mounted to one of the yokes, wherein each of the yokes includes a non-cylindrical central opening for receiving each connector, wherein at least one of the connectors is positioned at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the vertical plane defined by the panel, the at least one connector defining a connector end facing partially downwardly.
An angled mounting plate for holding a telecommunications connector to a bulkhead comprising:
- a rear face defining a plane, the rear face including top and bottom flanges, each flange provided with at least one opening for receipt of a fastener for mounting the rear face to the bulkhead;
- a top angled face extending from the rear face;
- a bottom angled face extending from the rear face, and intersecting the top angled face;
- the bottom angled face defining an opening for receipt of a cable connector, the bottom angled face further defining a plurality of openings for receipt of fasteners for mounting the connector to the bottom angled face.
A female triaxial connector comprising:
- a cylindrical outer sleeve defining a longitudinal axis, and a female connector end, the cylindrical outer sleeve mountable to a triaxial telecommunications cable;
- the cylindrical outer sleeve including a plurality of planar notches recessed into the cylindrical outer sleeve, and equally spaced about the cylindrical outer sleeve, the planar notches each including opposed first and second shoulders spaced apart in the direction of the longitudinal axis;
- a yoke mounted to the cylindrical outer sleeve, the yoke including a non-cylindrical central opening for receiving the plurality of planar notches.
A yoke for holding a telecommunications connector comprising:
- two identical halves mountable around the connector, each half including first and second opposite planar faces, and opposed side faces, one side face of one half cooperating with one side face of the other half to define a central opening for the yoke, the central opening defining a non-cylindrical opening;
- each half including a first fastener opening extending between the opposed side faces for receipt of a first fastener to mount the halves around a connector, each half including a second fastener opening extending from one of the first and second faces toward the other of the first and second faces for receipt of a second fastener for mounting each half to a planar surface generally parallel to the first and second faces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.