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US 9,310,577 B2Granted
Telecommunications cabinet modularization
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsJoseph C. Coffey, Paul John Pepe
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Abstract
An example telecommunications cabinet includes: an enclosure including sidewalls extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure; telecommunications equipment disposed within the interior of the enclosure; and a data distribution arrangement disposed on one of the sidewalls within the interior of the enclosure.
Claims18
A telecommunications cabinet, comprising:
- an enclosure including an exterior sidewall extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure, a first side of the exterior sidewall forming an outer perimeter of the telecommunications cabinet, and a second side of the exterior sidewall forming the interior;
- telecommunications equipment disposed within the interior of the enclosure;
- an interior sidewall extending along and spaced apart from the exterior sidewall, with a space being formed between the interior sidewall and the second side of the exterior sidewall;
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- a data distribution arrangement disposed within the space formed between the interior sidewall and the exterior sidewall of the enclosure, wherein the data distribution arrangement includes an optical flexible foil cable.
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A method of distributing cables in a telecommunications cabinet, the method comprising:
- providing an enclosure including an exterior sidewall extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure;
- positioning telecommunications equipment configured to split connections within the interior of the enclosure;
- running a cable from the top of the enclosure, through a space formed between the exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall within the interior of the enclosure, wherein the cable is flexible and includes optical fibers for optical signals and one or more wires for power;
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- terminating the cable so that the optical fibers transmit optical data to the telecommunications equipment and the one or more wires deliver power to or from the telecommunications equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.