Cable organizer with conductor termination array
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsWayne S. Filus, Theodore A. Conorich, William J. Ivan
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Abstract
A wiring block for telecommunications and data management has a combination cable organizer for routing cabling and conductor termination array for wiring connections. A conductor termination array is mounted on the upper edge of a plate. Guide walls extend across the plate front surface, defining channels for directing the cable conductors across the plate front surface for retaining the cable conductors. The cable conductors are sheathed up to the termination array.
Claims11
A cable organizer, for use in connection with cable conductors, the cable organizer comprising:
- a plate, the plate having front and rear surfaces extending between opposite upper and lower edges, and between first and second ends;
- a conductor termination array mounted on the plate upper edge;
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- directing means for directing the cable conductors across the plate front surface toward the termination array;
- wherein said directing means further comprises a plurality of guide elements disposed transversely to the plate front surface, the guide elements defining channels for receiving the cable connectors;
- wherein the cable conductors are directed substantially through a plane approximately parallel to the front surface, so that the cable conductors are sheathed across most of the front plate surface up to the termination array.
A cable organizer, for use in connection with cable conductors, the cable organizer comprising:
- a plate, the plate having front and rear surfaces extending between opposite upper and lower edges, and between first and second ends;
- a conductor termination array mounted on the plate upper edge;
- directing means for directing the cable conductors across the plate front surface toward the termination array;
- a shelf projecting outward from the plate lower edge to support wiring, the shelf having slot therethrough adjacent the plate front surface to pass the cable conductors through the shelf;
- mounting means for releasable mounting and stabilizing the cable organizer on a support base, said mounting means further comprising a least one arm attached to the plate lower edge and extending away therefrom, for insertion into the support base;
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- at least one latch attached to the plate lower edge for engagement with the support base;
- wherein the cable conductors are directed substantially through a plane approximately parallel to the front surface, so that the cable conductors are sheathed across most of the front plate surface up to the termination array.
A cable organizer, for use in connection with a cable cover, cable conductors, and connecting blocks, the cable organizer comprising:
- a plate, the plate having front and rear surfaces extending between opposite upper and lower edges, and between first and second ends;
- a conductor termination array mounted on the plate upper edge and extending between the first and second ends;
- a plurality of guide elements disposed transversely to the plate front surface, the guide elements defining channels for receiving and directing the cable conductors across the plate front surface toward the termination array;
- a shelf projecting outward from the plate lower edge to support wiring, the shelf having slots therethrough adjacent the plate front surface to pass the cable conductors through the shelf;
- mounting means for releasably mounting and stabilizing the cable organizer on a support base;
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- retaining means for releasably retaining the cable cover on the cable organizer;
- wherein the cable conductors are directed substantially through a plain approximately parallel to the front plate surface, so that the cable conductors are sheathed across most of the front plate surface up to the termination array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.