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US 9,435,976 B2Granted
Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsMark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad J. Sjodin
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Abstract
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections.
Claims20
A chassis arrangement comprising:
- a) a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front of the chassis housing;
- b) a first sliding member coupled to the chassis housing, the first sliding member being configured to slide relative to the chassis housing so that at least a portion of the first sliding member passes through the open front of the chassis housing;
- c) a second sliding member configured to be coupled to the first sliding member, the second sliding member having a row of fiber optic adapters, and the second sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member along a forward-rearward axis;
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- d) a front cover configured to pivot between a first cover position and a second cover position, the front cover extending across the row of adapters when the front cover is in the first cover position.
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A chassis arrangement comprising:
- a) a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front of the chassis housing;
- b) a first sliding member coupled to the chassis housing, the first sliding member being configured to slide relative to the chassis housing so that at least a portion of the first sliding member passes through the open front of the chassis housing;
- (c) a second sliding member configured to be coupled to the first sliding member, the second sliding member having a row of fiber optic adapters, and the second sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member along a forward-rearward axis;
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- (d) a third sliding member configured to be coupled to the first sliding member, the third sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member, wherein the third sliding member slides independent of the second sliding member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.