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US 8,939,792 B2Granted
Patch panel assembly
AssigneeGo!Foton Holdings, Inc.
InventorsKenichiro Takeuchi, Haiguang Lu
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Abstract
A device and a system may facilitate access to communication connectors, adapters, and/or ports that are supported within a housing, e.g., a rack or cabinet. The system may include one or more of the devices, which each include a connection means supporting the connectors, adapters, and/or ports. The system may also include a device that manages, e.g., guides and supports cables that are operatively coupled to the connectors, adapters, and/or ports.
Claims20
A communication patch panel device, comprising:
- a plurality of ports each operably connectable to a cable;
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- a connection unit connected to the plurality of ports, the connection unit including a member extending in length from a first end to a second end of the member,
- wherein the connection unit has a first state in which the member of the connection unit has a first length from the first end to the second end along which the ports are positioned and a second state in which the member of the connection unit has a second length from the first end to the second end along which the ports are positioned, the second length exceeding the first length.
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A communication patch panel device, comprising:
- a plurality of attachment members, each of the attachment members having a first end opposite a second end, and including a securement section spaced from the first end in a direction of the second end configured for fixedly coupling the attachment member to a tray and a second member having a connector having a front surface at the first end,
- wherein, when the attachment members are fixedly coupled to the tray, respectively through the securement sections thereof, arranged linearly with respect to one another along a common axis, each of the second members individually has any of a plurality of positions relative to another of the second members, such that the communication patch panel device has a first condition in which the front surfaces are substantially coplanar and a second condition in which the front surfaces are in different respective planes.
A communication patch panel system, comprising:
- a housing including a front end and a back end;
- a patch panel device including a tray, the tray movable along an axis extending from the front end to the back end of the housing;
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- a cable tensioner including a first end and a second end, the first end of the cable tensioner secured fixedly in position relative to the housing, the second end of the cable tensioner secured to the tray, the cable tensioner operatively securable to a cable, the cable tensioner has a first state and a second state, in which in the second state a portion of the tensioner has a greater radius of curvature than in the first state, wherein the first and second states are obtained in response to translation of the tray between the front end and the back end of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.