High density panel with rotating tray
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsClinton M. Knudsen, Patrick Thompson
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Abstract
A telecommunications termination panel with a tray pivotably mounted within the front opening of a housing. The tray pivots about a hinge located adjacent one of the sides of the housing and includes a raised floor. The raised floor of the tray cooperates with the side adjacent the hinge and a bottom of the housing to define a cable path from a rear cable access port to an opening on the tray adjacent the hinge. The tray includes a plurality of connection locations and cable management structures to direct a telecommunications cable from the cable access port to a rear of the connection locations without violating bend radius rules. The tray may also include a temporary cable holder to assist in pulling cables through the rear opening into the housing.
Claims19
A telecommunications termination panel comprising:
- a housing including a top, bottom and opposing sides defining a front opening and a rear opening;
- a tray pivotably mounted within the front opening of the housing, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent one of the sides and including a cable entry adjacent the axis of pivot and a plurality of connection locations;
- the rear opening including a cable access structure adjacent the same side as the axis of pivot;
- the tray including a raised floor adjacent the same side as the axis of pivot;
- and,
- the raised floor, the bottom of the housing and the side adjacent the axis of pivot defining a cable path from the rear opening to the cable entry of the tray.
A telecommunications termination panel comprising:
- a housing including a top, bottom and opposing sides defining a front opening and a rear opening;
- a tray pivotably mounted within the front opening of the housing, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent one of the sides and including a cable entry adjacent the axis of pivot and a plurality of connection locations, the tray pivotable between a closed position and an open position;
- the rear opening adjacent the same side as the axis of pivot;
- the tray including telecommunications connection locations and a temporary cable holder which is adjacent to and accessible through the rear opening of the housing when the tray is in the closed position, and adjacent to and accessible through the front opening when the tray is in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.