Low profile cable exit trough

US6522823B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Wentworth · Belle Plaine, US
• Wayne Giesen · Waconia, US
• Brian L. Johnson · Lake Wales, US
• Wayne Johnson · Port Aransas, US
• Thomas W. Kampf · Minnetonka, US
• John Van Scoy · Shakopee, US
• Alex Watts · Chapel Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02G3/0608
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A low profile cable exit trough including an arch-wall with a sidewall portion. A projecting member extends from a concave surface of the arch-wall and is spaced from the sidewall portion to receive a top end of an upstanding side of a lateral trough therebetween. The arch-wall passes through the plane occupied by the upstanding side of the lateral trough at a significant angle, i.e. greater than or equal to 15 degrees, in order to allow for a lower profile above the lateral trough.