US 6,772,887 B2 · Rack mountable fiber splice and patch enclosure

Abstract

A cable management enclosure includes: a side; a sliding drawer; a fiber slack manager mounted to the side, the fiber slack manager includes: a first link having a first end and a second end, the first end pivotally secured to the side; and a second link pivotally coupled to the second end of the first link, the second link pivotally secured to the sliding drawer. A cable management enclosure also includes: a main body portion having a first side and a second side; a sliding drawer disposed between the first side and the second side; a patch panel disposed between the first side and the second side, the patch panel having a plurality of openings, the patch panel is mounted to the sliding drawer; wherein the sliding drawer includes a front portion and a rear portion, the first portion slides relative to the rear portion, the front portion and the rear portion slide relative to the first side, the front portion is smaller than the rear portion.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A cable management enclosure comprising:

a side;
a sliding drawer;
a fiber slack manager mounted to said side, said fiber slack manager includes:
a first link having a first end and a second end, said first end pivotally secured to said side;
and
a second link pivotally coupled to said second end of said first link,
said second link pivotally secured to said sliding drawer;
wherein said first link is a first arm section having a first arc member disposed at said second end and a first hinge plate disposed at said second end and disposed proximate said first arc member.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/024,104Filed 17 Dec 2001 · us provisional application

Priority

19 Dec 2000

Published

US 2002/0117942 A129 Aug 2002

Granted

10 Aug 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04Q 1/06
Constructional details: cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations
G02B 6/44526
Distribution frames: panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack
G02B 6/44528
Systems or boxes with surplus lengths: patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box
G02B 6/4455
Cassettes: characterised by the way of extraction or insertion of the cassette in the distribution frame, e.g. pivoting, sliding, rotating or gliding

Rack mountable fiber splice and patch enclosure

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Rack mountable fiber splice and patch enclosure

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Abstract

Claims12