Cable management panel with sliding drawer and methods

US7079744B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joel B. Douglas · Hutchinson, US
• Kathleen M. Barnes · Golden Valley, US
• Michael J. Franklin · Tuen Mun, CN
• Lonnie E. Hannah · Houston, US
• Trevor D. Smith · Eden Prairie, US
• Steven P. Trebesch · Eagan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical fiber cable management panel includes drawer assemblies, each including a drawer slidable within a chassis. The drawer assemblies are secured together by a bracket that includes an interlock arrangement with the chassis. Such an interlock arrangement includes a non-threaded stud engaging a hole. Radius limiters may be part of the drawer assembly and include a cable entry aperture have a closed perimeter and a flared cable guide surface around most of, and preferably all of, the closed perimeter to allow for the entry of cables from all directions. A control mechanism controls movement of the radius limiter relative to the drawer assembly. The control mechanism includes a rotating member that has an axis of rotation transverse to the slidable motion of the radius limiter and normal to the radius limiter.