Reskinnable fiber distribution hub
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsTrevor D. Smith, Thomas G. LeBlanc, James J. Solheid, Cindy S. Walters, Matthew Holmberg
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Abstract
The housing of a telecommunications cabinet can be replaced without recabling the internal components by removing a panel arrangement from a cable access region of the cabinet to reveal an open end of the cable access region that is continuous with the open side of the cabinet. The frame is uncoupled from the cabinet and the cabinet is slid away from the internal components. The fiber optic cables pass through the open end of the cable access region and through the open side of the cabinet.
Claims10
Method for replacing a cabinet defining a cable access region through which fiber optic cables extend into and out of the cabinet, the method comprising:
- obtaining access to an interior of the cabinet through an open side of the cabinet, the open side facing in a first direction, the cabinet housing a frame and internal fiber optic components which are mounted to the frame;
- removing a panel arrangement from the cable access region of the cabinet to reveal an open end of the cable access region, the open end of the cable access region being continuous with the open side of the cabinet;
- uncoupling the frame from the cabinet;
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- sliding the cabinet in a second direction away from the frame and the internal components, the second direction being opposite from the first direction, wherein the fiber optic cables pass through the open end of the cable access region and through the open side of the cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.