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US 7,764,859 B2Granted
Universal cable management panel
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsDennis Krampotich, Ryan Kostecka, Anthony Szczodroski
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Abstract
A cable management panel including a chassis and a drawer. The chassis defining rear and side openings for cable entry and exit. The drawer having a front panel that may include angled adapters. The drawer having an open rear that accommodates cables entering from the rear openings of the chassis, and that accommodates the addition of a rear wall. The cable management panel being adaptable to provide a variety of cable routing configurations to accommodate a user's particular cable routing needs.
Claims27
A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis defining an interior, the chassis including first and second rear openings and first and second side openings, each of the rear and side openings defining a cable routing pathway;
- b) a drawer slidably mounted to the chassis, the drawer including a front face panel defining openings;
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- c) bulkhead adapter plates mounted within the openings of the front face panel, the bulkhead adapter plates including a plurality of angled adapters;
- d) wherein the cable management panel accommodates a number of cable routing configurations including a cable entry in combination with a cable exit;
- i) the cable entry including a left rear cable entry, a right rear cable entry, a left side cable entry, and a right side cable entry;
- ii) the cable exit including an all leftward facing cable exit, an all rightward facing cable exit, and a split-front cable exit;
- iii) the cable management panel accommodating a combination of any one of the cable entries with any one of the cable exits.
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A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis having opposite top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, and a rear wall, the chassis defining rear openings and side openings, each of the rear and side openings providing cable access to and from an interior of the chassis;
- b) a drawer mounted to the chassis, the drawer being configured to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis, the drawer including a base and a face panel, the base defining open sides and an open rear, the base including a rolled lip located at the open rear;
- c) a removable drop-in plate positioned within the drawer, the drop-in plate having cable management elements mounted thereon, a rearwardly oriented edge of the drop-in plate being received within the rolled lip of the base, the drop-in plate including upstanding sides located adjacent to the open sides of the drawer;
- d) sliding radius limiters located at each of the open sides of the drawer;
- e) angled adapters mounted in the face panel of the drawer, the angled adapters having a first end accessible from an exterior of the drawer and a second end located within an interior of the drawer;
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- f) a front cable channel mounted to the drawer forward of the face panel, the front cable channel having a flip-down plate that provides access to the angled adapters.
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A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis having opposite top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, and a rear wall, the chassis defining rear openings and side openings, each of the rear and side openings providing cable access to and from an interior of the chassis;
- b) a drawer mounted to the chassis, the drawer being configured to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis, the drawer including a base and a face panel, the base defining open sides and an open rear;
- c) sliding radius limiters located at each of the open sides of the drawer;
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- d) stationary radius limiting structures located adjacent to each of the open sides of the drawer, each stationary radius limiting structure including an arcuate body having a stepped construction that mounts to a shoulder formed in the drawer.
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A cable management panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis having opposite top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, and a rear wall, the chassis defining rear openings and side openings, each of the rear and side openings providing cable access to and from an interior of the chassis;
- b) a drawer mounted to the chassis, the drawer being configured to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the chassis, the drawer including a base and a face panel, the base defining open sides and an open rear, the base including a rolled lip located at the open rear;
- c) a rear wall mounted at the open rear of the drawer;
- d) sliding radius limiters located at each of the open sides of the drawer;
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- e) a stationary radius limiting structure mounted to the drawer, the stationary radius limiting structure including:
- i) an arcuate body having a stepped construction that mounts to a shoulder formed in the drawer;
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- ii) three fingers that project outward from the arcuate body, the three fingers being oriented toward a rear corner of the drawer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.