Cable exit trough with insert

US7551827B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4459
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough. The exit trough may also include an exit cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough.