Modular housing system for outside plant telecommunications equipment
AssigneeAdtran, Inc.
InventorsJohn Wise Ayres, III, Grant Joseph Kruse
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Abstract
A modular housing for outside plant telecommunication equipment includes a main enclosure for containing common electronic equipment and an auxiliary enclosure for containing input/output (I/O) circuitry to said common electronic equipment. In this way, different configurations of I/O circuitry can be accommodated only by changing the auxiliary enclosure. The design and fabrication times for making housings is reduced by the smaller size of each enclosure. Upgrades can often be accommodated by only changing one of the main or auxiliary housings.
Claims11
An enclosure for outside plant electronic equipment, comprising:
- a. a main body for enclosing electronic circuitry and having a plurality of openings;
- b. a main body cover for attachment to the main body for covering a first opening;
- c. an auxiliary body for attachment to the main body for enclosing additional electronic circuitry and having a plurality of openings;
- d. an auxiliary body cover for attachment to the auxiliary body for covering a first opening in the auxiliary body;
- e. in which at least one opening in the main body aligns with an opening in the auxiliary body to permit connection of electronic circuitry in the auxiliary body to electronic circuitry in the main body, wherein the additional circuitry includes input/output circuitry comprising xDSL input/output circuitry.
A method for configuring outside plant telecommunication equipment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a main body for enclosing electronic circuitry and having a plurality of openings;
- providing a main body cover for attachment to the main body for covering a first opening;
- attaching an auxiliary body to the main body for enclosing additional electronic circuitry and having a plurality of openings;
- attaching an auxiliary body cover to the auxiliary body for covering a first opening in the auxiliary body;
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- wherein at least one opening in the main body aligns with an opening in the auxiliary body and connecting electronic circuitry in the auxiliary body to electronic circuitry in the main body, wherein the additional circuitry includes input/output circuitry comprising xDSL input/output circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.