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US 6,802,652 B1Granted
Recessed cable management assembly
AssigneeCiena Corporation
InventorsPaolo Sacchetto, Ralph T. Hofmeister, Narasinha Parasnis
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Abstract
A recessed cable management assembly for use in an interconnect assembly. The cable management assembly includes a cassette having a spool for receiving and retaining a length of a cable. A substrate includes an interconnect connector which is coupled to the cable. The substrate includes a cut-out sized to receive the cable management assembly such that the cable management assembly is recessed within the substrate.
Claims25
An interconnect assembly comprising:
- a cable management assembly including a cassette having a spool for receiving and retaining a length of a cable;
- a substrate including a cut-out sized and shaped to receive said cable management assembly, said cable management assembly being disposed within the cut-out such that said cable management assembly is recessed within said substrate;
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- a circuit card having circuitry coupled to said cable and circuitry coupled to an interconnect connector, said circuit card covering a portion of said cassette.
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An interconnect assembly comprising:
- a cable management assembly including a cassette having a spool for receiving and retaining a length of a cable;
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- a substrate including a cut-out, the cut-out being an opening piercing a planar surface of the substrate, the opening being sized and shaped to receive said cable management assembly, said cable management assembly being disposed within the cut-out such that said cable management assembly is recessed within said substrate,
- wherein said cassette is a plurality of cassettes stacked one upon another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.